Serious A1302 crash in West Suffolk on 19 November 2020 at 16:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A goods vehicle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk at 16:20 on Thursday 19 November 2020. The 48-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Nov 2020
- Thursday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Goods vehicle and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24914, longitude 0.69156, in the IP33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Minden, West Suffolk, IP33 3YB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020371009314
- 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
- 1302
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 8 January 2016.
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 8 January 2016
1 m awayRef 201637EA96708
Slight
Car crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 19 January 2001
3 m awayRef 200137B010106
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 8 April 2010
3 m awayRef 201037B044697
Serious
Fiat Ducato crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 1 July 2021
6 m awayRef 2021371065759
Slight
Car crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 6 February 1986
7 m awayRef 1986373020800
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 5 March 1997
9 m awayRef 199737B000700
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2020371009314 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 2020.