Serious A149 crash in North Norfolk on 23 July 2013 at 11:25 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A149 in North Norfolk at 11:25 on Tuesday 23 July 2013. The 15-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Jul 2013
- Tuesday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94079, longitude 1.20944, in the NR26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheringham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sheringham North, North Norfolk, NR26 8RG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013360072995
- 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
- 149
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1082
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2006.
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 8 September 2006
At the same spotRef 2006360037422
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 20 September 1991
At the same spotRef 1991360021779
Slight
Car crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 2 February 1993
At the same spotRef 1993360020223
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 15 May 1998
At the same spotRef 199836G980356
Slight
Honda crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 28 April 1992
At the same spotRef 1992360020697
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 23 November 2004
At the same spotRef 2004360026520
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2013360072995 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 2013.