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A11 crash in South Norfolk on 22 March 1997 at 23:55 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on the A11 in South Norfolk at 23:55 on Saturday 22 March 1997. The 26-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Mar 1997
Saturday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59359, longitude 1.17625, in the NR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hethersett.

Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199736T970212
Council area
South Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
11
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199736T970212 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 1997.