A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 2 October 2004 at 04:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 04:40 on Saturday 2 October 2004. The 70-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2004
- Saturday, 04:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77139, longitude 0.43335, 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.
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
- 2004360025438
- 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
- 148
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 July 2018.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 23 July 2018
10 m awayRef 2018360316686
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 29 August 2005
10 m awayRef 2005360031096
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 28 November 2022
21 m awayRef 2022361248012
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 14 February 1986
32 m awayRef 1986360050228
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 October 1997
42 m awayRef 199736T970753
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 10 February 2001
57 m awayRef 200136K010268
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,043 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 2004360025438 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.