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Serious A47 crash in Norwich on 24 March 1984 at 16:15 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A47 in Norwich at 16:15 on Saturday 24 March 1984. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Mar 1984
Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63707, longitude 1.32841, in the NR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Norwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1984360010486
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1140

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1984360010486 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 1984.