Serious A11 crash in Breckland on 1 December 1993 at 09:30 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry
An Iveco-Ford lorry, a Vauxhall Astra and a Rover Maestro were involved in a crash on the A11 in Breckland at 09:30 on Wednesday 1 December 1993. A 45-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured and the 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Dec 1993
- Wednesday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Iveco-Ford and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45814, longitude 0.88515, in the NR16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Breckland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993360052389
- Council area
- Breckland
- Police force
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 June 1994.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A11 in Breckland, 6 June 1994
36 m awayRef 1994360051155
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A11 in Breckland, 28 October 2009
58 m awayRef 2009360054063
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A11 in Breckland, 30 January 1992
85 m awayRef 1992360050211
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A11 in Breckland, 22 June 2025
99 m awayRef 2025361606339
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in Breckland, 4 December 1989
108 m awayRef 1989360052325
Serious
Renault 11 crash on the A11 in Breckland, 29 June 1994
130 m awayRef 1994360051330
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Rover Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 1993360052389 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 1993.