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A47 crash in Breckland on 21 March 1991 at 10:35 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Triumph Dolomite were involved in a crash on the A47 in Breckland at 10:35 on Thursday 21 March 1991. The 54-year-old female driver of the Triumph Dolomite was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 1991
Thursday, 10:35
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Triumph Dolomite
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66461, longitude 0.79165, in the PE37 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991360050472
Council area
Breckland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 serious injury crash on 12 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Dolomite

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Dolomite)

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 1991360050472 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 1991.