C road crash in Norwich NR7 on 23 December 1993 at 08:30 involving a Renault 5
A Renault 5 and a Triumph Spitfire were involved in a crash on a C road in Norwich at 08:30 on Thursday 23 December 1993. The male driver of the Triumph Spitfire was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 1993
- Thursday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 5 and Triumph Spitfire
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64495, longitude 1.3231, in the NR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993360012703
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 July 2011.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Spitfire
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Spitfire)
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 1993360012703 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.