A47 crash in Broadland on 3 March 2008 at 07:42 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 07:42 on Monday 3 March 2008. The 22-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio, the 27-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 106 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2008
- Monday, 07:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65799, longitude 1.12063, in the NR9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Witchingham, Broadland, NR9 5BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Broadland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008360045802
- Council area
- Broadland
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 47
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 April 1994.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A47 in Broadland, 18 April 1994
14 m awayRef 1994360010745
Slight
Skoda 120 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 3 December 1990
22 m awayRef 1990360012626
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A47 in Broadland, 17 October 2008
32 m awayRef 2008360049062
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 27 November 2014
51 m awayRef 2014360085940
Slight
Car crash on the A47 in Broadland, 28 April 1985
58 m awayRef 1985360010656
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A47 in Broadland, 6 July 1988
67 m awayRef 1988360011360
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)
- 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 2008360045802 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 2008.