A1120 crash in Mid Suffolk on 3 May 2019 at 08:50 involving a Mercedes B Class
A Mercedes B Class and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A1120 in Mid Suffolk at 08:50 on Friday 3 May 2019. The 17-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2019
- Friday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes B Class and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18607, longitude 1.02475, in the IP14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stow Thorney, Mid Suffolk, IP14 5JF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019370843997
- Council area
- Mid Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1120
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 14
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
- 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, 27 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 1997.
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A1120 in Mid Suffolk, 11 May 1997
27 m awayRef 199737B001079
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1120 in Mid Suffolk, 13 June 2003
28 m awayRef 200337B016877
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1120 in Mid Suffolk, 19 September 2023
46 m awayRef 2023371354100
Slight
Audi S1 crash on the A14 in Mid Suffolk, 24 February 2017
48 m awayRef 2017370165067
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1120 in Mid Suffolk, 23 December 1985
49 m awayRef 1985373225500
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A14 in Mid Suffolk, 1 September 1998
50 m awayRef 199837B004026
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes B Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019370843997 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2019.