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Serious A47 crash in Breckland on 13 June 2001 at 12:10 involving a Foden lorry

Two lorries and a Foden lorry were involved in a crash on the A47 in Breckland at 12:10 on Wednesday 13 June 2001. The 59-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jun 2001
Wednesday, 12:10
Vehicles
3
Foden and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65688, longitude 0.77508, in the PE37 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200136K010974
Council area
Breckland
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

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

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 20 August 2013.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 3: Foden

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 200136K010974 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 2001.