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B1143 crash in Great Yarmouth on 17 August 1995 at 10:40 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Peugeot 305 were involved in a crash on the B1143 in Great Yarmouth at 10:40 on Thursday 17 August 1995. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Ford Cortina, a 2-year-old male passenger in the Ford Cortina and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Ford Cortina were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1995
Thursday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Peugeot 305
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60098, longitude 1.73604, in the NR30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Yarmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199536G950511
Council area
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1143
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 5 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 305

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    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 199536G950511 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Great Yarmouth road accident statistics for 1995.