A1402 crash in Norwich on 23 December 2003 at 10:55 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the A1402 in Norwich at 10:55 on Tuesday 23 December 2003. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo, the 29-year-old female driver of the Saab 9-3 and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Saab 9-3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2003
- Tuesday, 10:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Saab 9-3
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65417, longitude 1.2786, in the NR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Catton Grove, Norwich, NR3 3SX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003360020600
- 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
- 1402
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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 30 December 1998.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A140 in Norwich, 30 December 1998
At the same spotRef 199836N981741
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1402 in Norwich, 30 October 2013
At the same spotRef 2013360075577
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A140 in Norwich, 23 June 2004
At the same spotRef 2004360023528
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Norwich, 5 December 1989
At the same spotRef 1989360012867
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6 m awayRef 2025361645036
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Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Norwich, 25 November 2019
9 m awayRef 2019360931915
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,290 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)
- 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 2003360020600 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.