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Serious A1101 crash in West Suffolk on 1 July 2023 at 17:24 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan

A car and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk at 17:24 on Saturday 1 July 2023. A 38-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jul 2023
Saturday, 17:24
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Tiguan
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34499, longitude 0.51089, in the IP28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mildenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mildenhall Kingsway & Market, West Suffolk, IP28 7LW 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
2023371324809
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
1101
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 March 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    41 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2023371324809 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 2023.