B1112 crash in West Suffolk on 22 October 2019 at 06:40 involving a Toyota Previa
A Toyota Previa and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk at 06:40 on Tuesday 22 October 2019. The 35-year-old male driver of the Toyota Previa and the 25-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Oct 2019
- Tuesday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Previa and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43089, longitude 0.5351, in the IP27 postcode district. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019370916509
- 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
- 1112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2019.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 22 January 2019
5 m awayRef 2019370830848
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 20 July 2024
6 m awayRef 2024371470818
Serious
Ford crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 21 October 1999
6 m awayRef 199937B006790
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 26 May 2012
6 m awayRef 2012370200712
Serious
Car crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 10 February 1982
6 m awayRef 1982373025900
Slight
Car crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 8 September 1984
6 m awayRef 1984373157100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Previa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,362 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Previa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2019370916509 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.