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A47 crash in Broadland on 27 March 1993 at 17:18 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a car were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 17:18 on Saturday 27 March 1993. All five casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 1993
Saturday, 17:18
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and car
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62827, longitude 1.40386, in the NR13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Broadland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993360010596
Council area
Broadland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Dual 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 9 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1993360010596 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1993.