B1354 crash in Broadland on 25 December 1979 at 11:00

Two vehicles were involved in a crash on the B1354 in Broadland at 11:00 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 24-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 11:00
Vehicles: 2; Other vehicle and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1979360021760
Council area: Broadland
Police force: Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 1354
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

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: Frost or ice
Carriageway hazards: Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
24 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 24, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 1979360021760 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1979.