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A147 crash in Norwich on 20 October 1993 at 19:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A147 in Norwich at 19:30 on Wednesday 20 October 1993. The female driver of the Seat Ibiza was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Oct 1993
Wednesday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Seat Ibiza
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63524, longitude 1.28777, in the NR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Norwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993360012110
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
147
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
147

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,193 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)

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 1993360012110 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 1993.