Serious A1141 crash in Babergh on 20 July 2019 at 15:50 involving a Skoda Fabia
A vehicle and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A1141 in Babergh at 15:50 on Saturday 20 July 2019. The 63-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Fabia were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Jul 2019
- Saturday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09154, longitude 0.84174, in the CO10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019370860591
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1141
- 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
- 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, 74 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2009.
Slight
Kawasaki ER500 crash on the A1141 in Babergh, 7 July 2009
74 m awayRef 200937B042692
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A1141 in Babergh, 12 June 2022
86 m awayRef 2022371187949
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1141 in Babergh, 20 December 2008
198 m awayRef 200837B041610
Serious
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the A1141 in Babergh, 26 May 2004
237 m awayRef 200437B019595
Slight
Vehicle crash on a C road in Babergh, 28 September 1984
276 m awayRef 1984373170800
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A1141 in Babergh, 2 February 2011
285 m awayRef 2011370050711
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019370860591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2019.