A140 crash in Broadland on 31 March 1995 at 08:00 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series, a Foden lorry and a Bedford van were involved in a crash on the A140 in Broadland at 08:00 on Friday 31 March 1995. The 25-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series and the 34-year-old male driver of the Bedford van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Mar 1995
- Friday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 200 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74958, longitude 1.26051, in the NR10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Broadland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199536N950360
- Council area
- Broadland
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 140
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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 fatal crash on 19 May 2006.
Fatal
Renault crash on the A140 in Broadland, 19 May 2006
36 m awayRef 2006360035466
Fatal
Renault Laguna crash on the A140 in Broadland, 10 March 2013
41 m awayRef 2013360070023
Slight
Car crash on the A140 in Broadland, 7 November 1985
51 m awayRef 1985360022057
Fatal
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A140 in Broadland, 14 November 2016
67 m awayRef 2016360125786
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the A140 in Broadland, 12 July 2015
70 m awayRef 2015360091988
Slight
Car crash on the A140 in Broadland, 12 October 1987
71 m awayRef 1987360021878
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Foden
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 3: Bedford
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Bedford)
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 199536N950360 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1995.