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Serious C road crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE36 on 19 December 1990 at 14:30 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette hit a pedestrian on a C road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 14:30 on Wednesday 19 December 1990. A 58-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1990
Wednesday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Chevette
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93912, longitude 0.49361, in the PE36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hunstanton.

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
1990360052298
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
149

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 1990360052298 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 1990.