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Serious B1159 crash in North Norfolk on 3 December 1990 at 08:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B1159 in North Norfolk at 08:25 on Monday 3 December 1990. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier, the 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 39-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1990
Monday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Austin Metro
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82729, longitude 1.50316, in the NR12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990360022541
Council area
North Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1159
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1990360022541 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 1990.