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A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 3 October 2000 at 10:51 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 10:51 on Tuesday 3 October 2000. The 34-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series, a 27-year-old male passenger in the BMW 5 Series and a 26-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 2000
Tuesday, 10:51
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74432, longitude 0.3985, 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
200036K001432
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    3,453 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200036K001432 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 2000.