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Unclassified road crash in Norwich NR2 on 2 May 2008 at 06:55 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Norwich at 06:55 on Friday 2 May 2008. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 37-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
2 May 2008
Friday, 06:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63873, longitude 1.2838, in the NR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mancroft, Norwich, NR2 4TW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Norwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008360046601
Council area
Norwich
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    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
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 2008360046601 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 2008.