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A140 crash in Norwich on 18 December 2001 at 18:30 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series, a Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A140 in Norwich at 18:30 on Tuesday 18 December 2001. The 46-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2001
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
3
Rover 400 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61937, longitude 1.26846, in the NR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nelson, Norwich, NR2 3JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Norwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200136N012278
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 18 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)

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 200136N012278 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 2001.