Serious B1157 crash in North Norfolk on 11 August 2003 at 15:14 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on the B1157 in North Norfolk at 15:14 on Monday 11 August 2003. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Aug 2003
- Monday, 15:14
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94458, longitude 1.21225, in the NR26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheringham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sheringham North, North Norfolk, NR26 8RG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003360017987
- Council area
- North Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1157
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 1993.
Slight
Honda CG125B crash on the B1157 in North Norfolk, 8 April 1993
10 m awayRef 1993360020542
Slight
Car crash on the B1157 in North Norfolk, 6 June 2003
10 m awayRef 2003360016734
Serious
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B1157 in North Norfolk, 30 June 2004
10 m awayRef 2004360023779
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on an unclassified road in North Norfolk, 25 July 2023
13 m awayRef 2023361337872
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the B1157 in North Norfolk, 4 August 2008
14 m awayRef 2008360048182
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B1157 in North Norfolk, 13 June 2001
22 m awayRef 200136G011551
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- 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 2003360017987 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 2003.