Unclassified road crash in East Suffolk IP13 on 17 July 2025 at 17:46 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series, a Porsche Cayenne and a Tesla Model Y were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk at 17:46 on Thursday 17 July 2025. The 75-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series was 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
- 17 Jul 2025
- Thursday, 17:46
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 5 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07904, longitude 1.27228, 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
- 2025371637770
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1993.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on a C road in East Suffolk, 8 May 1993
78 m awayRef 1993371702570
Serious
Fiat Doblo crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 28 January 2009
87 m awayRef 200937G026551
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 20 December 1991
88 m awayRef 1991371735500
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 26 February 2013
90 m awayRef 201337EA69827
Slight
Scooter crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 18 September 1988
92 m awayRef 1988371142900
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 25 February 1997
100 m awayRef 199737G000520
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Porsche Cayenne
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Tesla Model Y
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025371637770 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 2025.