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A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 1 July 1997 at 10:15 involving a Triumph Spitfire

A Triumph Spitfire and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 10:15 on Tuesday 1 July 1997. The 26-year-old female driver of the Triumph Spitfire was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jul 1997
Tuesday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Triumph Spitfire and Mazda 626
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7451, longitude 0.40132, 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
199736T970508
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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 9 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Spitfire

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Spitfire)

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 199736T970508 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.