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A1308 crash in Mid Suffolk on 29 August 2024 at 16:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A car and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk at 16:40 on Thursday 29 August 2024. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 37-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Aug 2024
Thursday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1951, longitude 0.99225, in the IP14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stowmarket. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chilton, Mid Suffolk, IP14 1JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024371485154
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
1308
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2024371485154 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.