C road crash in Breckland on 5 December 1981 at 08:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Breckland at 08:35 on Saturday 5 December 1981. The 30-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 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: Slight
Date: 5 Dec 1981; Saturday, 08:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1981360041192
Council area: Breckland
Police force: Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class: C
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
South West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
61 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
East
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
30 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1981360041192 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 1981.