Serious A47 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 9 May 2003 at 23:59 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna hit a pedestrian on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 23:59 on Friday 9 May 2003. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 May 2003
- Friday, 23:59
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.73871, longitude 0.38693, in the PE30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South & West Lynn, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE34 3LP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003360016341
- 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
- 47
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2014.
Slight
Honda crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 24 January 2014
11 m awayRef 2014360077697
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 3 October 2003
22 m awayRef 2003360018945
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 4 August 2023
27 m awayRef 2023361338266
Slight
ERF crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 January 1994
50 m awayRef 1994360050087
Slight
Lorry crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 6 December 1986
50 m awayRef 1986360051937
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 3 November 2011
57 m awayRef 2011360063300
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2003360016341 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 2003.