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Serious A47 crash in Broadland on 5 May 1990 at 04:50 involving a Leyland Roadrunner lorry

A Leyland Roadrunner lorry, a Lambretta motor scooter and a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 04:50 on Saturday 5 May 1990. The 18-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 May 1990
Saturday, 04:50
Vehicles
3
Leyland Roadrunner and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6359, longitude 1.56028, in the NR13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Broadland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990360020855
Council area
Broadland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Roadrunner

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lambretta

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    225 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 3 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 1990360020855 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1990.