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C road crash in Great Yarmouth NR31 on 3 March 1992 at 12:25 involving a Ford Orion

Four vehicles, including a Ford Orion and a Ford Granada, were involved in a crash on a C road in Great Yarmouth at 12:25 on Tuesday 3 March 1992. The 74-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Mar 1992
Tuesday, 12:25
Vehicles
4
Ford Orion and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57436, longitude 1.73023, in the NR31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gorleston-on-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Great Yarmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992360020392
Council area
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1142

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 serious injury crash on 7 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,293 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 1992360020392 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Great Yarmouth road accident statistics for 1992.