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A140 crash in Mid Suffolk on 3 July 2024 at 10:54 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A140 in Mid Suffolk at 10:54 on Wednesday 3 July 2024. The 72-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jul 2024
Wednesday, 10:54
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36133, longitude 1.14937, in the IP21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Palgrave, Mid Suffolk, IP21 4AL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024371476884
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
A
Second road number
143

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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Over 100 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 2024371476884 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2024.