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A47 crash in Breckland on 24 December 1992 at 22:45 involving a Toyota Hiace van

A Toyota Hiace van crashed on the A47 in Breckland at 22:45 on Thursday 24 December 1992. The 43-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1992
Thursday, 22:45
Vehicles
1
Toyota Hiace
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68686, longitude 1.01416, in the NR20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992360052133
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
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hiace

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hiace)

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 1992360052133 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 1992.