Serious A10 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 11 March 1993 at 12:05 involving an Austin Mini
An Austin Mini crashed on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 12:05 on Thursday 11 March 1993. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Mar 1993
- Thursday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Austin Mini
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61561, longitude 0.40161, in the PE34 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993360050394
- Council area
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 10
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 1992.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 26 January 1992
14 m awayRef 1992360050171
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 9 March 2024
197 m awayRef 2024361418796
Serious
Car crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 27 November 1986
216 m awayRef 1986360051883
Serious
Car crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 17 October 1986
216 m awayRef 1986360051583
Serious
Audi 100 crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 4 September 2005
216 m awayRef 2005360031212
Serious
Peugeot 406 crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 6 October 2009
220 m awayRef 2009360053821
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Austin Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1993360050394 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 1993.