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Serious A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 24 January 1987 at 22:00 involving a minibus

A minibus and a car were involved in a crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 22:00 on Saturday 24 January 1987. The 46-year-old male driver of the car and a 34-year-old female passenger in the minibus were seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver of the minibus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 1987
Saturday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Minibus and car
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7532, longitude 0.40073, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987360050106
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
148
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
1154

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 1987360050106 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 1987.