A14 crash in West Suffolk on 4 December 2020 at 16:53 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Land Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the A14 in West Suffolk at 16:53 on Friday 4 December 2020. The 23-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 1-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2020
- Friday, 16:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Land Rover Range Rover
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25812, longitude 0.65265, in the IP28 postcode district. 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
- 2020371016974
- 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
- 14
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 42 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 March 2010.
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A14 in West Suffolk, 1 March 2010
42 m awayRef 201037B044502
Serious
Van crash on the A45 in West Suffolk, 24 November 1988
59 m awayRef 1988373233400
Slight
Scania crash on the A14 in West Suffolk, 27 September 2007
141 m awayRef 200737B028956
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in West Suffolk, 9 June 1989
143 m awayRef 1989373107600
Serious
Lorry crash on the A45 in West Suffolk, 28 November 1983
143 m awayRef 1983373212100
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A45 in West Suffolk, 19 January 1991
144 m awayRef 1991373012800
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,628 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2020371016974 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.