A140 crash in Norwich on 27 June 2011 at 09:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Hyundai i20 and two cars were involved in a crash on the A140 in Norwich at 09:20 on Monday 27 June 2011. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 46-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i20 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 2011
- Monday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Corsa and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65432, longitude 1.26989, in the NR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mile Cross, Norwich, NR3 2BH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011360061724
- 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
- 140
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1987.
Slight
Minibus crash on the A47 in Norwich, 11 December 1987
14 m awayRef 1987360012601
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A140 in Norwich, 4 November 2005
14 m awayRef 2005360032364
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A140 in Norwich, 24 August 2019
17 m awayRef 2019360900597
Serious
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the A140 in Broadland, 27 August 2022
18 m awayRef 2022361224902
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A140 in Broadland, 27 October 2015
18 m awayRef 2015360095186
Slight
MG MGF crash on the A140 in Norwich, 8 January 2001
20 m awayRef 200136T010006
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i20
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i20)
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 2011360061724 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.