Serious B1078 crash in Mid Suffolk on 2 October 2025 at 09:53 involving a Toyota RAV4
A Toyota RAV4 and a Peugeot Boxer were involved in a crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk at 09:53 on Thursday 2 October 2025. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot Boxer and the 65-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Boxer were seriously injured and the 65-year-old female driver of the Toyota RAV4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Oct 2025
- Thursday, 09:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota RAV4 and Peugeot Boxer
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10972, longitude 0.97878, in the IP7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025371649428
- Council area
- Mid Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1078
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 June 1998.
Serious
Car crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk, 18 June 1998
6 m awayRef 199837B003653
Slight
Bedford crash on an unclassified road in Mid Suffolk, 15 November 1994
60 m awayRef 1994373308830
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk, 22 July 1993
248 m awayRef 1993371606760
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk, 17 January 2004
251 m awayRef 200437B018664
Serious
Kawasaki AR50 crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk, 4 August 1999
254 m awayRef 199937B006279
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk, 22 July 1993
257 m awayRef 1993371606850
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Boxer
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 62, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Boxer)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 65, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Boxer)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota RAV4)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 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 2025371649428 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 2025.