A10 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 6 December 1997 at 13:05 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo, a Daihatsu Fourtrak and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 13:05 on Saturday 6 December 1997. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 1997
- Saturday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71698, longitude 0.41354, in the PE33 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Winch.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199736K971444
- 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
- 10
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1993.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 4 August 1993
At the same spotRef 1993360051388
Slight
ERF crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 28 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199736K970241
Slight
Scania crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 11 March 1993
At the same spotRef 1993360050399
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 29 July 1991
At the same spotRef 1991360051221
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 28 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199736T970173
Serious
Lorry crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 20 August 2017
8 m awayRef 2017360224286
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Fourtrak
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,765 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 199736K971444 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.