Unclassified road crash in West Suffolk IP31 on 15 August 2019 at 19:00 involving a Renault Kadjar
A Renault Kadjar, an Audi A8 and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk at 19:00 on Thursday 15 August 2019. The 46-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Renault Kadjar were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2019
- Thursday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Kadjar and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26874, longitude 0.77096, in the IP31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Barton. 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
- 2019370888905
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 June 2012.
Serious
Aprilia RS50 crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 30 June 2012
3 m awayRef 2012370255412
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 3 August 2006
16 m awayRef 200637B025802
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 19 December 2005
16 m awayRef 200537B024107
Slight
Suzuki GZ 125 crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 4 January 2009
16 m awayRef 200937B041506
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 2 March 1994
16 m awayRef 1994373301510
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 23 October 2022
18 m awayRef 2022371248726
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kadjar
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A8
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,172 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Kadjar)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2019370888905 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 2019.