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Unclassified road crash in Ipswich IP3 on 22 April 2024 at 09:30 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 09:30 on Monday 22 April 2024. A 47-year-old male passenger in the other vehicle and a female passenger in the other vehicle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Apr 2024
Monday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02948, longitude 1.20389, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Priory Heath, Ipswich, IP3 9RZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024371440686
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

  • Vehicle 2

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, in vehicle 2 (Vehicle)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, in vehicle 2 (Vehicle)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least 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 2024371440686 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2024.