Serious A146 crash in South Norfolk on 21 December 2006 at 15:40 involving an ERF lorry
An ERF lorry and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A146 in South Norfolk at 15:40 on Thursday 21 December 2006. The 46-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Dec 2006
- Thursday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- ERF and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54578, longitude 1.45595, in the NR14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006360039271
- 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
- 146
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 13 August 1990.
Fatal
Yamaha crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 13 August 1990
At the same spotRef 1990360021627
Slight
Volvo V50 crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 18 August 2025
9 m awayRef 2025361630424
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 2 November 2012
14 m awayRef 201236T120182
Slight
Lorry crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 2 August 1988
14 m awayRef 1988360021420
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 14 April 2007
14 m awayRef 2007360040937
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 14 June 1993
22 m awayRef 1993360011091
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: ERF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2006360039271 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 2006.