A12 crash in East Suffolk on 6 November 2018 at 17:00 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A12 in East Suffolk at 17:00 on Tuesday 6 November 2018. The 35-year-old male driver of the Honda CRV was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 2018
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Honda CRV
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45733, longitude 1.72126, in the NR33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lowestoft. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkley & Pakefield, East Suffolk, NR33 7EY area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Waveney district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018370347277
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2013.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 25 April 2013
1 m awayRef 201337EA71003
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 27 November 2022
3 m awayRef 2022371270251
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 22 December 2025
9 m awayRef 2025371686880
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 9 June 2016
9 m awayRef 2016370081183
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 26 December 2017
32 m awayRef 2017370258993
Serious
Mitsubishi crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 14 February 2009
53 m awayRef 200937L016625
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2018370347277 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2018.