B1135 crash in South Norfolk on 24 March 1990 at 00:05 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the B1135 in South Norfolk at 00:05 on Saturday 24 March 1990. All four casualties were 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
- 24 Mar 1990
- Saturday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50467, longitude 1.25443, in the NR15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990360020567
- Council area
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1135
- 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, 103 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 February 2011.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B1527 in South Norfolk, 19 February 2011
103 m awayRef 2011360060161
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B1135 in South Norfolk, 19 June 1999
153 m awayRef 199936N990892
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1527 in South Norfolk, 6 February 2007
153 m awayRef 2007360039921
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B1527 in South Norfolk, 4 May 2018
160 m awayRef 2018360294165
Slight
Car crash on the B1135 in South Norfolk, 9 November 1999
200 m awayRef 199936N991708
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B1135 in South Norfolk, 31 January 1996
219 m awayRef 199636N960128
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 1990360020567 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 1990.