A11 crash in West Suffolk on 10 December 2019 at 14:34 involving a Vauxhall Omega
A Vauxhall Omega and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A11 in West Suffolk at 14:34 on Tuesday 10 December 2019. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Omega was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2019
- Tuesday, 14:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Omega and Seat Ibiza
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3253, longitude 0.51095, in the IP28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Manor, West Suffolk, IP28 6BL area accident hotspot. 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
- 2019370930581
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 2013.
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 23 June 2013
4 m awayRef 201337EA72337
Serious
Sinnis ZS 125 crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 16 December 2019
5 m awayRef 2019370932843
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 16 July 2007
5 m awayRef 200737B028399
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 16 October 2009
5 m awayRef 200937B043385
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on a C road in West Suffolk, 16 May 2008
5 m awayRef 200837B030852
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 20 December 2006
5 m awayRef 200637B026973
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)
- 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 2019370930581 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.