Unclassified road crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE30 on 28 January 2012 at 15:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 15:15 on Saturday 28 January 2012. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jan 2012
- Saturday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7603, longitude 0.40397, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 1NS 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
- 2012360064399
- 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
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2006.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 22 September 2006
At the same spotRef 200636T060177
Serious
Toyota Starlet crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 22 August 1993
14 m awayRef 1993360051533
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 18 August 1988
41 m awayRef 1988360051456
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 15 April 1993
67 m awayRef 1993360050607
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 18 November 2014
72 m awayRef 2014360085598
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 26 April 2003
73 m awayRef 2003360016104
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 2012360064399 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 2012.