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A47 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 1 March 1985 at 14:35 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 14:35 on Friday 1 March 1985. A 25-year-old male passenger in the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 1985
Friday, 14:35
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71784, longitude 0.50184, in the PE32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360050266
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, 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 1985360050266 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 1985.