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Serious A11 crash in Breckland on 2 March 1990 at 01:50 involving a Volkswagen LT 31 van

A Volkswagen LT 31 van crashed on the A11 in Breckland at 01:50 on Friday 2 March 1990. A 35-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Mar 1990
Friday, 01:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen LT 31
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45947, longitude 0.88994, in the NR16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990360050397
Council area
Breckland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
11
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen LT 31

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen LT 31)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1990360050397 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 1990.