A140 crash in Norwich on 27 September 2002 at 09:05 involving a Suzuki Baleno
A Suzuki Baleno, a Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A140 in Norwich at 09:05 on Friday 27 September 2002. The 30-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Baleno, the 57-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 32-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2002
- Friday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Baleno and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65489, longitude 1.272, in the NR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mile Cross, Norwich, NR3 2BH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002360012097
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
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 19 July 2001.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A140 in Norwich, 19 July 2001
At the same spotRef 200136N011205
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A140 in Norwich, 30 September 2005
10 m awayRef 2005360031798
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A140 in Broadland, 6 July 2009
10 m awayRef 2009360052603
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A140 in Broadland, 26 December 2008
10 m awayRef 2008360050017
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A140 in Norwich, 19 November 2015
13 m awayRef 2015360095599
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A140 in Broadland, 22 October 2018
18 m awayRef 2018360344199
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Baleno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Baleno)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2002360012097 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 2002.