A140 crash in North Norfolk on 28 July 2012 at 11:26 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A140 in North Norfolk at 11:26 on Saturday 28 July 2012. The 66-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2012
- Saturday, 11:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84101, longitude 1.27381, in the NR11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012360066596
- Council area
- North Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 140
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Unclassified
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2011.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A140 in North Norfolk, 18 December 2011
At the same spotRef 2011360063968
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A140 in North Norfolk, 17 January 2006
At the same spotRef 200636T060008
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A140 in North Norfolk, 16 October 2007
10 m awayRef 2007360043707
Fatal
Saab 900 crash on the A140 in North Norfolk, 23 November 2001
10 m awayRef 200136G012157
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A140 in North Norfolk, 3 June 2004
14 m awayRef 2004360023345
Slight
Car crash on the A140 in North Norfolk, 27 November 1989
22 m awayRef 1989360022473
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2012360066596 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 2012.