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A1075 crash in Breckland on 18 February 1997 at 13:50 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A1075 in Breckland at 13:50 on Tuesday 18 February 1997. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 1997
Tuesday, 13:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41619, longitude 0.75122, in the IP24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thetford.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199736T970171
Council area
Breckland
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1075
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 199736T970171 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 1997.