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A11 crash in Breckland on 30 June 1985 at 23:20 involving a lorry

Two lorries were involved in a crash on the A11 in Breckland at 23:20 on Sunday 30 June 1985. The 46-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jun 1985
Sunday, 23:20
Vehicles
2
Lorry and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49477, longitude 0.9786, in the NR17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360050814
Council area
Breckland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
11
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 9 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1985360050814 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 1985.