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Serious A47 crash in Breckland on 28 May 1996 at 14:40 involving a Ford Transit minibus

A Ford Transit minibus crashed on the A47 in Breckland at 14:40 on Tuesday 28 May 1996. There were thirteen casualties: one person was seriously injured and twelve were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 May 1996
Tuesday, 14:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
13
1 seriously injured, 12 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68055, longitude 0.83972, in the NR19 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199636K960487
Council area
Breckland
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (13)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 199636K960487 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 1996.