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Serious A10 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 27 November 1986 at 11:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 11:45 on Thursday 27 November 1986. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 60-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 65-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Nov 1986
Thursday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61374, longitude 0.40077, in the PE34 postcode district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986360051883
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1986360051883 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 1986.