Serious A1067 crash in Norwich on 12 May 1987 at 17:05 involving a car
Five cars were involved in a crash on the A1067 in Norwich at 17:05 on Tuesday 12 May 1987. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly 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
- Serious
- Date
- 12 May 1987
- Tuesday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 5
- Car and 4 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6436, longitude 1.2813, in the NR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1987360010874
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1067
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1983.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1067 in Norwich, 15 November 1983
At the same spotRef 1983360011911
Slight
Car crash on the A1067 in Norwich, 8 November 1988
At the same spotRef 1988360012410
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A1067 in Norwich, 21 November 2014
3 m awayRef 2014360085880
Slight
Volvo XC60 crash on the A1067 in Norwich, 17 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025361662965
Serious
Hyundai i20 crash on the A1067 in Norwich, 7 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025361665169
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1067 in Norwich, 29 August 1985
10 m awayRef 1985360011406
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 5: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 1987360010874 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 1987.