C road crash in Norwich NR1 on 28 April 2000 at 14:00 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on a C road in Norwich at 14:00 on Friday 28 April 2000. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2000
- Friday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Orion and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64139, longitude 1.31431, in the NR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200036T000162
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
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Fatal
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200036T000162 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 2000.