Serious A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 31 May 2014 at 04:21 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra crashed on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 04:21 on Saturday 31 May 2014. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 May 2014
- Saturday, 04:21
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.83104, longitude 0.49044, 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
- 2014360080783
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 69 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2008.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 5 May 2008
69 m awayRef 2008360046707
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 20 January 2009
147 m awayRef 2009360050300
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 February 2002
153 m awayRef 200236K020202
Serious
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 20 December 1984
181 m awayRef 1984360051803
Serious
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 1 January 1987
181 m awayRef 1987360050004
Serious
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 9 November 1989
199 m awayRef 1989360052104
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014360080783 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.