A11 crash in South Norfolk on 27 September 2005 at 17:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Focus, were involved in a crash on the A11 in South Norfolk at 17:40 on Tuesday 27 September 2005. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and the 54-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2005
- Tuesday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6042, longitude 1.23808, in the NR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cringleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cringleford, South Norfolk, NR4 6TS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005360031622
- Council area
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2002.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A11 in South Norfolk, 2 August 2002
10 m awayRef 2002360011115
Serious
BMW crash on the A11 in South Norfolk, 20 January 1999
14 m awayRef 199936N990091
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A11 in South Norfolk, 1 May 2015
15 m awayRef 2015360090081
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A11 in South Norfolk, 6 January 2003
22 m awayRef 2003360014161
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 9 October 1992
30 m awayRef 1992360011984
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in North Norfolk, 9 November 2015
30 m awayRef 2015360095071
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2005360031622 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 2005.