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A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 30 April 2001 at 15:29 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 15:29 on Monday 30 April 2001. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2001
Monday, 15:29
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93783, longitude 0.49402, in the PE36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hunstanton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hunstanton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE36 5BW 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
200136K010730
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
149
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200136K010730 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.