C road crash in Norwich NR6 on 24 July 2009 at 03:25 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on a C road in Norwich at 03:25 on Friday 24 July 2009. The 19-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2009
- Friday, 03:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66363, longitude 1.29085, in the NR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Catton and Sprowston West, Broadland, NR6 7AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009360052816
- Council area
- Norwich
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2002.
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Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Norwich, 28 October 1991
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Norwich, 9 January 1994
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Opel Kadett crash on a C road in Norwich, 15 November 1993
36 m awayRef 1993360012323
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Serious
Austin Metro crash on a C road in Norwich, 18 August 1990
41 m awayRef 1990360011747
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- 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 2009360052816 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 2009.