A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 25 June 2014 at 18:10 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 18:10 on Wednesday 25 June 2014. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Saab 9-3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2014
- Wednesday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alexander Dennis and Saab 9-3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75315, longitude 0.40069, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 1NS 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
- 2014360081394
- 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
- 148
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 8 May 2025
3 m awayRef 2025361592257
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1154 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 3 November 1990
6 m awayRef 1990360051933
Serious
Minibus crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 24 January 1987
6 m awayRef 1987360050106
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 12 February 1987
6 m awayRef 1987360050270
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 January 2006
9 m awayRef 2006360033476
Slight
Car crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 18 July 2003
9 m awayRef 2003360017463
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)
- 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 2014360081394 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.