Serious A14 crash in East Suffolk on 5 December 2018 at 12:40 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA, a Peugeot 308 and a Lexmoto XFLM 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A14 in East Suffolk at 12:40 on Wednesday 5 December 2018. The 17-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto XFLM 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Dec 2018
- Wednesday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford KA and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97711, longitude 1.33091, in the IP11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Western Felixstowe, East Suffolk, IP11 9QN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018370349854
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 14
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2018.
Slight
HGV crash on the A14 in East Suffolk, 30 October 2018
At the same spotRef 2018370345842
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A45 in East Suffolk, 9 July 1984
12 m awayRef 1984371101000
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A45 in East Suffolk, 12 October 1984
14 m awayRef 1984371162300
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A14 in East Suffolk, 16 December 2013
15 m awayRef 201337EA76812
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A14 in East Suffolk, 23 December 1998
16 m awayRef 199837G003697
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on the A14 in East Suffolk, 16 December 2013
17 m awayRef 201337EA76730
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Lexmoto XFLM 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 3 (Lexmoto XFLM 125)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018370349854 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.