B1070 crash in Babergh on 4 January 2024 at 15:52 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Movano lorry were involved in a crash on the B1070 in Babergh at 15:52 on Thursday 4 January 2024. The 19-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 2024
- Thursday, 15:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Movano
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.98877, longitude 1.00569, in the CO7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brett Vale, Babergh, CO7 6PE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024371401294
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1070
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2024.
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 3 January 2024
3 m awayRef 2024371394294
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 30 October 2013
3 m awayRef 201337EA75535
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 27 October 2011
5 m awayRef 2011370446811
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 15 May 2007
5 m awayRef 200737G022516
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 13 December 2004
7 m awayRef 200437G016474
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 24 March 2021
9 m awayRef 2021371035526
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Movano
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024371401294 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 2024.