C road crash in South Norfolk IP20 on 1 August 2008 at 15:54 involving a Volvo S40
A Volvo S40 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in South Norfolk at 15:54 on Friday 1 August 2008. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Aug 2008
- Friday, 15:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo S40 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41089, longitude 1.32964, in the IP20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008360047873
- Council area
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Unclassified
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, 51 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 July 1986.
Serious
Van crash on the A143 in South Norfolk, 23 July 1986
51 m awayRef 1986360021266
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 18 November 2008
61 m awayRef 2008360049440
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 24 October 1996
110 m awayRef 199636K961098
Serious
Car crash on the A143 in South Norfolk, 11 July 1988
173 m awayRef 1988360021239
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 29 January 1995
191 m awayRef 199536T950073
Slight
Morris Ital crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 9 June 1992
192 m awayRef 1992360021005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,948 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2008360047873 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 2008.