A47 crash in Broadland on 17 October 2008 at 20:55 involving a BMW 3 Series
Eight vehicles, including a BMW 3 Series and a Volkswagen Passat, were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 20:55 on Friday 17 October 2008. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Oct 2008
- Friday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 8
- BMW 3 Series and 7 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65809, longitude 1.12019, 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
- 2008360049062
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 1990.
Slight
Skoda 120 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 3 December 1990
10 m awayRef 1990360012626
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 27 November 2014
22 m awayRef 2014360085940
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A47 in Broadland, 3 March 2008
32 m awayRef 2008360045802
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A47 in Broadland, 18 April 1994
40 m awayRef 1994360010745
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A47 in Broadland, 3 March 2025
42 m awayRef 2025361561476
Slight
Zontes ZT crash on the A47 in Broadland, 8 April 2023
48 m awayRef 2023361294889
Vehicles involved (8)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 5: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 6: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 7: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 8: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,668 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2008360049062 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.