B1146 crash in North Norfolk on 18 May 2001 at 06:05 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk at 06:05 on Friday 18 May 2001. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was 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
- 18 May 2001
- Friday, 06:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Nissan Primera
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82647, longitude 0.84349, in the NR21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fakenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Raynhams, North Norfolk, NR21 7JX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200136K010825
- Council area
- North Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1146
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2001.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 27 July 2001
14 m awayRef 200136K011318
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in North Norfolk, 7 February 2024
15 m awayRef 2024361407361
Slight
Seat Leon crash on a C road in North Norfolk, 18 April 2017
15 m awayRef 2017360180022
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 22 February 1993
42 m awayRef 1993360020265
Slight
Car crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 17 January 1998
45 m awayRef 199836K980059
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in North Norfolk, 5 June 2015
49 m awayRef 2015360091041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
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
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 200136K010825 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 2001.