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Serious A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 24 October 1993 at 14:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 14:00 on Sunday 24 October 1993. A 65-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 1993
Sunday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90601, longitude 0.50345, in the PE31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heacham.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993360052046
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
149
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1993360052046 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.