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Serious A1066 crash in Breckland on 31 December 2011 at 11:20 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on the A1066 in Breckland at 11:20 on Saturday 31 December 2011. The 40-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 2011
Saturday, 11:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40315, longitude 0.8222, in the IP24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011360064110
Council area
Breckland
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1066
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

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, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 2011360064110 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 2011.