B1440 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 22 December 2011 at 12:27 involving a Rover 45
A Rover 45 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 12:27 on Thursday 22 December 2011. The 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2011
- Thursday, 12:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 45 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.83152, longitude 0.51643, in the PE35 postcode district.
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
- 2011360064104
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 1440
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 December 2014.
Serious
Keeway TX 125 crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 8 December 2014
4 m awayRef 2014360086283
Slight
Van crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 March 1984
22 m awayRef 1984360050305
Serious
Vehicle crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 20 November 2013
51 m awayRef 2013360076047
Fatal
Toyota Avensis crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 19 February 2000
81 m awayRef 200036K000277
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 October 1997
255 m awayRef 199736T970761
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 9 August 2012
287 m awayRef 2012360066744
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 45
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2011360064104 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.