A47 crash in Broadland on 17 December 2011 at 17:15 involving a Mercedes C Class
A car and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 17:15 on Saturday 17 December 2011. The 30-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2011
- Saturday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63658, longitude 1.46031, in the NR13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blofield with South Walsham, Broadland, NR13 4FG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Broadland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201136T110198
- Council area
- Broadland
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 2021.
Serious
Peugeot 508 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 20 September 2021
1 m awayRef 2021361121708
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A47 in Broadland, 1 December 2022
6 m awayRef 2022361249379
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the A47 in Broadland, 10 March 2003
10 m awayRef 2003360015236
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A47 in Broadland, 25 June 1999
10 m awayRef 199936N990923
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A47 in Broadland, 18 October 2002
14 m awayRef 2002360012614
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A47 in Broadland, 23 July 2001
14 m awayRef 200136N011232
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 201136T110198 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 2011.