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Fatal A47 crash in Broadland on 19 May 1991 at 22:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 22:20 on Sunday 19 May 1991. The 19-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was killed and the 20-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 May 1991
Sunday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Yamaha
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63445, longitude 1.51241, in the NR13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Broadland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991360020911
Council area
Broadland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, street lights lit
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 14 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,002 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 1991360020911 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 1991.