B1438 crash in East Suffolk on 3 December 2024 at 16:36 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the B1438 in East Suffolk at 16:36 on Tuesday 3 December 2024. The 28-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Tuesday, 16:36
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13467, longitude 1.35744, in the IP13 postcode district. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024371555558
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1438
- 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, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 1991.
Slight
Bedford Astra crash on the B1438 in East Suffolk, 9 March 1991
19 m awayRef 1991371031100
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B1438 in East Suffolk, 22 November 2014
20 m awayRef 201437EA85634
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B1438 in East Suffolk, 19 March 2018
54 m awayRef 2018370281689
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B1438 in East Suffolk, 7 August 2013
69 m awayRef 201337EA73324
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B1438 in East Suffolk, 4 September 2000
79 m awayRef 200037G006839
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 27 May 1984
103 m awayRef 1984371078300
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2024371555558 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2024.