A149 crash in North Norfolk on 12 November 1985 at 18:55 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A149 in North Norfolk at 18:55 on Tuesday 12 November 1985. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 1985
- Tuesday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81849, longitude 1.38502, in the NR28 postcode district and within the built-up area of North Walsham.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985360022102
- Council area
- North Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1150
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 1992.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1150 in North Norfolk, 28 August 1992
At the same spotRef 1992360021570
Slight
Car crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 11 November 1985
At the same spotRef 1985360022066
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 23 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199536G950742
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 25 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200036G000988
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 19 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025361671342
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 9 December 2005
10 m awayRef 2005360033058
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, 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 1985360022102 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 1985.