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Fatal A148 crash in North Norfolk on 12 April 1992 at 21:40 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a BMW 6 Series were involved in a crash on the A148 in North Norfolk at 21:40 on Sunday 12 April 1992. A 76-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova was killed and the 40-year-old male driver of the BMW 6 Series was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Apr 1992
Sunday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and BMW 6 Series
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9117, longitude 1.1144, in the NR25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992360020591
Council area
North Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
148
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
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 6 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    3,430 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 6 Series)

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 1992360020591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 1992.