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Serious B1108 crash in South Norfolk on 17 June 1993 at 07:00 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the B1108 in South Norfolk at 07:00 on Thursday 17 June 1993. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort van and the 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina were seriously 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
17 Jun 1993
Thursday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Cortina
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57899, longitude 0.98726, in the NR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hingham.

Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993360051029
Council area
South Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1108
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

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 1993360051029 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 1993.