A47 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 11 April 2001 at 14:05 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 14:05 on Wednesday 11 April 2001. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Apr 2001
- Wednesday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64964, longitude 0.17953, in the PE14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Emneth & Outwell, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE14 0DL area accident hotspot.
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
- 200136K010620
- 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
- 47
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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 26 January 2006.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 26 January 2006
At the same spotRef 2006360033798
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 10 December 2021
4 m awayRef 2021361145522
Fatal
Peugeot 406 crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 3 November 1997
41 m awayRef 199736K971258
Serious
Honda CB350S crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 October 1991
45 m awayRef 1991360051629
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 August 1995
54 m awayRef 199536K950866
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 18 October 2001
58 m awayRef 200136K011831
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 200136K010620 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 2001.