Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious unclassified road crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE31 on 20 April 2004 at 14:29 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra crashed on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 14:29 on Tuesday 20 April 2004. The 83-year-old male driver and an 80-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Apr 2004
Tuesday, 14:29
Vehicles
1
Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90776, longitude 0.4917, in the PE31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heacham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heacham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE31 7SH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004360022449
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
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,235 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    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 2004360022449 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 2004.