A10 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 4 August 2012 at 13:36 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 13:36 on Saturday 4 August 2012. The 47-year-old male driver of the car and a 14-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 2012
- Saturday, 13:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66588, longitude 0.41757, in the PE33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Watlington, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE33 0SR 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
- 2012360066746
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 10
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1998.
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 23 September 1998
At the same spotRef 199836K981219
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 December 2006
At the same spotRef 2006360038773
Serious
Kawasaki ZX750 crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 15 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199936K990760
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 30 June 2007
At the same spotRef 2007360042019
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 28 March 2003
At the same spotRef 2003360015541
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A10 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 12 July 2001
At the same spotRef 200136K011168
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2012360066746 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.