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Fatal A1076 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 20 December 1985 at 08:45 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the A1076 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 08:45 on Friday 20 December 1985. A 5-year-old female pedestrian was killed and a 33-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Dec 1985
Friday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75693, longitude 0.42524, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360051763
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1076
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

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

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 March 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1985360051763 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.