Serious A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 6 March 2014 at 04:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 04:55 on Thursday 6 March 2014. The 29-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 39-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Mar 2014
- Thursday, 04:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.83259, longitude 0.49261, in the PE31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014360079415
- 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
- 149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 16 April 2025
11 m awayRef 2025361578901
Serious
Citroen Xantia crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 20 June 1997
13 m awayRef 199736K970666
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 22 September 2001
25 m awayRef 200136K011631
Slight
Van crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 November 1987
25 m awayRef 1987360052003
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 30 September 1985
25 m awayRef 1985360051286
Serious
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 1 January 1987
45 m awayRef 1987360050004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- 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 2014360079415 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 2014.