Skip to main content
CrashStats

A140 crash in Norwich on 11 August 2003 at 11:55 involving an LDV Cub van

An LDV Cub van and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A140 in Norwich at 11:55 on Monday 11 August 2003. The 45-year-old male driver of the LDV Cub van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Aug 2003
Monday, 11:55
Vehicles
2
LDV Cub and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64651, longitude 1.25954, in the NR3 postcode district. 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

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003360018036
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
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: LDV Cub

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV Cub)

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 2003360018036 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 2003.