A1078 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 15 December 2003 at 08:15 involving an Audi 100
An Audi 100 and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 08:15 on Monday 15 December 2003. The 31-year-old male driver of the Audi 100 and the 36-year-old female driver of the Renault Laguna were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2003
- Monday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi 100 and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7568, longitude 0.39948, 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 St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 1NS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003360020340
- 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
- 1078
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1990.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 November 1990
At the same spotRef 1990360052018
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 14 May 1990
At the same spotRef 1990360050821
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 29 November 2013
At the same spotRef 2013360076236
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 14 August 2007
At the same spotRef 2007360042685
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 28 September 2013
At the same spotRef 2013360074613
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 16 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025361683909
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi 100
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,226 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 100)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
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 2003360020340 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.