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A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 1 March 1997 at 07:53 involving a Lada Samara

A Lada Samara and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 07:53 on Saturday 1 March 1997. The 34-year-old male driver of the Lada Samara, the 51-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Lada Samara were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 1997
Saturday, 07:53
Vehicles
2
Lada Samara and Suzuki Swift
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75311, longitude 0.40072, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199736K970243
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
1154

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 7 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lada Samara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,288 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Samara)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Samara)

    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 199736K970243 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 1997.