Serious A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 2 February 2002 at 13:35 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna crashed on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 13:35 on Saturday 2 February 2002. The 46-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Feb 2002
- Saturday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.83213, longitude 0.49182, in the PE31 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200236K020202
- 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
- 60 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 January 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 1 January 1987
28 m awayRef 1987360050004
Serious
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 20 December 1984
28 m awayRef 1984360051803
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 30 September 1985
50 m awayRef 1985360051286
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 22 September 2001
50 m awayRef 200136K011631
Slight
Van crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 November 1987
50 m awayRef 1987360052003
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 16 April 2025
63 m awayRef 2025361578901
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
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 200236K020202 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 2002.