A14 crash in Babergh on 16 November 2021 at 10:43 involving a Hyundai i10
Four vehicles, including a Hyundai i10 and a Ford Transit van, were involved in a crash on the A14 in Babergh at 10:43 on Tuesday 16 November 2021. The 77-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i10 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2021
- Tuesday, 10:43
- Vehicles
- 4
- Hyundai i10 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05181, longitude 1.09932, in the IP8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sproughton & Pinewood, Babergh, IP8 3FZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021371111968
- Council area
- Babergh
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2016.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A14 in Babergh, 23 December 2016
27 m awayRef 2016370142174
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A14 in Babergh, 27 July 2000
31 m awayRef 200037G006629
Fatal
LDV 400 Series crash on the A14 in Babergh, 30 December 2005
31 m awayRef 200537G019102
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A45 in Babergh, 8 February 1992
39 m awayRef 1992371611600
Serious
Car crash on the A1071 in Babergh, 19 February 1985
105 m awayRef 1985371027200
Serious
Car crash on the A1071 in Babergh, 22 February 1985
105 m awayRef 1985371029900
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i10)
- 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 2021371111968 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2021.