B1085 crash in West Suffolk on 11 December 2018 at 18:16 involving an Audi A3
A car, an Audi A3 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B1085 in West Suffolk at 18:16 on Tuesday 11 December 2018. The 66-year-old male driver of the car and the 29-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 18:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21021, longitude 0.51445, in the CB8 postcode district. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018370354294
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1085
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2003.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1085 in West Suffolk, 11 November 2003
16 m awayRef 200337B018044
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B1085 in West Suffolk, 10 September 2020
123 m awayRef 2020370983889
Slight
Car crash on a C road in East Cambridgeshire, 8 December 1988
351 m awayRef 1988352270188
Slight
Car crash on the B1085 in West Suffolk, 1 December 1985
381 m awayRef 1985373210400
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B1063 in West Suffolk, 10 November 2005
385 m awayRef 200537B023734
Slight
Suzuki Ignis crash on the B1063 in West Suffolk, 18 September 2006
397 m awayRef 200637B026230
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2018370354294 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2018.