Serious C road crash in South Norfolk IP22 on 15 September 1985 at 18:55 involving a van
A van crashed on a C road in South Norfolk at 18:55 on Sunday 15 September 1985. The 35-year-old male driver was seriously 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
- 15 Sep 1985
- Sunday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41695, longitude 1.12249, in the IP22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985360021679
- Council area
- South Norfolk
- 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
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
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 1985360021679 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 1985.