A14 crash in Babergh on 10 February 2025 at 16:54 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A14 in Babergh at 16:54 on Monday 10 February 2025. The 21-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 22-year-old male driver of the Audi A1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Monday, 16:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A1 and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02842, longitude 1.1232, in the IP9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025371552742
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 14
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2000.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A14 in Babergh, 4 December 2000
9 m awayRef 200037G007444
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A14 in Babergh, 27 May 2014
17 m awayRef 201437EA80749
Slight
Volkswagen Eos crash on the A14 in Babergh, 7 May 2024
21 m awayRef 2024371439756
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A14 in Babergh, 4 March 2024
22 m awayRef 2024371416950
Slight
Lorry crash on the A14 in Babergh, 30 September 2001
22 m awayRef 200137G009254
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A14 in Babergh, 15 January 2014
37 m awayRef 201437EA77626
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
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 2025371552742 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 2025.