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Serious unclassified road crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE30 on 9 December 2003 at 16:20 involving a Citroen Xsara

A car and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 16:20 on Tuesday 9 December 2003. The 19-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 2003
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen Xsara
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77542, longitude 0.43416, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gaywood North Bank, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 3BT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003360020249
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
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)

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 2003360020249 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.