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Serious B1440 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 17 May 1996 at 18:30 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird hit a pedestrian on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 18:30 on Friday 17 May 1996. A 58-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
Serious
Date
17 May 1996
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.87979, longitude 0.50165, in the PE31 postcode district.

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
199636K960459
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1440
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199636K960459 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 1996.