B1161 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 5 May 2014 at 18:30 involving a Citroen Xsara
A car and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the B1161 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 18:30 on Monday 5 May 2014. The 30-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara and an 81-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 May 2014
- Monday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94351, longitude 0.48878, in the PE36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hunstanton.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014360080149
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 1161
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2006.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1161 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 28 May 2006
33 m awayRef 2006360035628
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 17 March 1990
35 m awayRef 1990360050478
Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 March 2007
82 m awayRef 2007360040320
Slight
Nissan 200 crash on a C road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 3 April 1995
114 m awayRef 199536K950352
Slight
Rover 75 crash on a C road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 11 August 2013
128 m awayRef 2013360073448
Serious
Yamaha crash on a C road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 May 1993
139 m awayRef 1993360050745
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2014360080149 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.