A149 crash in North Norfolk on 25 October 2000 at 12:23 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van, a Volkswagen Polo and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A149 in North Norfolk at 12:23 on Wednesday 25 October 2000. The 21-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van, the 74-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 29-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2000
- Wednesday, 12:23
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes Sprinter and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81846, longitude 1.38508, in the NR28 postcode district and within the built-up area of North Walsham.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200036G000988
- Council area
- North Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 1150
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 12 November 1985
At the same spotRef 1985360022102
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1150 in North Norfolk, 28 August 1992
At the same spotRef 1992360021570
Slight
Car crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 11 November 1985
At the same spotRef 1985360022066
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 23 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199536G950742
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 19 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025361671342
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 9 December 2005
10 m awayRef 2005360033058
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,151 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,043 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 306)
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 200036G000988 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 2000.