Serious A11 crash in Norwich on 5 April 2011 at 15:57 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A11 in Norwich at 15:57 on Tuesday 5 April 2011. The 64-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Apr 2011
- Tuesday, 15:57
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61314, longitude 1.26297, in the NR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eaton, Norwich, NR4 6PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011360060725
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 July 2013.
Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A11 in Norwich, 22 July 2013
At the same spotRef 2013360072876
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A11 in Norwich, 25 December 1990
At the same spotRef 1990360012887
Serious
BMW X3 crash on the A11 in Norwich, 21 December 2017
9 m awayRef 2017360259000
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A11 in Norwich, 15 October 1985
10 m awayRef 1985360011729
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in Norwich, 22 November 1987
22 m awayRef 1987360012383
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A11 in Norwich, 20 April 2015
28 m awayRef 2015360089737
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2011360060725 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 2011.