Unclassified road crash in West Suffolk IP32 on 27 September 2025 at 14:49 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Suffolk at 14:49 on Saturday 27 September 2025. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2025
- Saturday, 14:49
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26515, longitude 0.7004, in the IP32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025371649261
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
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, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 1999.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 27 September 1999
25 m awayRef 199937B006588
Serious
Mercedes SLK Class crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 27 March 2022
26 m awayRef 2022371169596
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 31 January 1985
46 m awayRef 1985373019100
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 10 August 2018
66 m awayRef 2018370327445
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 7 December 1987
73 m awayRef 1987373224700
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 25 November 1983
89 m awayRef 1983373209800
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2025371649261 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2025.