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Serious B1440 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 19 March 1991 at 22:50 involving a Bedford Midi van

A Bedford Midi van crashed on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 22:50 on Tuesday 19 March 1991. A 25-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Mar 1991
Tuesday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Bedford Midi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.83854, longitude 0.50893, in the PE31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dersingham.

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
1991360050462
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1440
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 125 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford Midi

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,189 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford Midi)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1991360050462 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 1991.