A47 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 3 November 2011 at 13:38 involving a Volkswagen Bora
A Volkswagen Bora and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 13:38 on Thursday 3 November 2011. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Bora was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2011
- Thursday, 13:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Bora and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.73908, longitude 0.38636, in the PE30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South & West Lynn, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE34 3LP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011360063300
- Council area
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 1994.
Slight
ERF crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 January 1994
10 m awayRef 1994360050087
Slight
Lorry crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 6 December 1986
10 m awayRef 1986360051937
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 August 2004
32 m awayRef 2004360024314
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 3 October 2003
36 m awayRef 2003360018945
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 5 November 2010
41 m awayRef 2010360058773
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 16 March 1990
50 m awayRef 1990360050476
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2011360063300 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 2011.