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Serious A140 crash in Broadland on 25 November 1985 at 10:10 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A140 in Broadland at 10:10 on Monday 25 November 1985. The 69-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Nov 1985
Monday, 10:10
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80181, longitude 1.2711, in the NR11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Broadland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360022197
Council area
Broadland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 15 February 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 69, 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 1985360022197 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1985.