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C road crash in Broadland NR8 on 6 November 2008 at 18:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on a C road in Broadland at 18:10 on Thursday 6 November 2008. The 41-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Nov 2008
Thursday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68997, longitude 1.22252, in the NR8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drayton North, Broadland, NR8 6GY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Broadland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008360049337
Council area
Broadland
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, no street lighting
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 2008360049337 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.