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Serious unclassified road crash in West Suffolk IP28 on 29 April 2021 at 08:00 involving a Peugeot Boxer minibus

A Peugeot Boxer minibus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Suffolk at 08:00 on Thursday 29 April 2021. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Apr 2021
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Peugeot Boxer
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30401, longitude 0.49716, in the IP28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Red Lodge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Iceni, West Suffolk, IP28 8XA 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021371048817
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 75 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Boxer

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot Boxer)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2021371048817 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 2021.