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Serious A11 crash in Breckland on 5 April 2003 at 12:00 involving a Mercedes SLK Class

A Mercedes SLK Class, a Ford Fiesta and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A11 in Breckland at 12:00 on Saturday 5 April 2003. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and the 33-year-old female driver of the Mercedes SLK Class and the 52-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 2003
Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles
3
Mercedes SLK Class and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50198, longitude 0.98695, in the NR17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft, Breckland, NR17 1AY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003360015692
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
11
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes SLK Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes SLK Class)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 3 (Kawasaki)

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 2003360015692 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 2003.