A47 crash in Breckland on 22 December 1981 at 09:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A47 in Breckland at 09:30 on Tuesday 22 December 1981. A 36-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 09:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1981360041244
Council area: Breckland
Police force: Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 47
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: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
24 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary 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 1981360041244 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.