A47 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 3 October 2003 at 10:50 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 10:50 on Friday 3 October 2003. The 19-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2003
- Friday, 10:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7388, longitude 0.38664, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003360018945
- 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
- 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 May 2003.
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 9 May 2003
22 m awayRef 2003360016341
Slight
ERF crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 January 1994
28 m awayRef 1994360050087
Slight
Lorry crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 6 December 1986
28 m awayRef 1986360051937
Slight
Honda crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 24 January 2014
33 m awayRef 2014360077697
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 3 November 2011
36 m awayRef 2011360063300
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 4 August 2023
49 m awayRef 2023361338266
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2003360018945 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.