A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 26 April 1995 at 06:37 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 06:37 on Wednesday 26 April 1995. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 1995
- Wednesday, 06:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Orion
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7682, longitude 0.42838, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199536K950438
- Council area
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 148
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 January 2021.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 25 January 2021
4 m awayRef 2021361019465
Slight
Van crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 12 February 2013
10 m awayRef 2013360069459
Slight
Car crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 25 January 1985
10 m awayRef 1985360050094
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 28 May 2004
10 m awayRef 2004360023089
Slight
Lada Riva crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 22 July 1999
10 m awayRef 199936K990967
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 19 March 2006
10 m awayRef 2006360034700
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)
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 199536K950438 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 1995.