A47 crash in Breckland on 13 January 2015 at 18:50 involving a Toyota Avensis
Two cars, a Toyota Avensis and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A47 in Breckland at 18:50 on Tuesday 13 January 2015. The 47-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2015
- Tuesday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota Avensis and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67421, longitude 0.91233, in the NR19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shipdham-with-Scarning, Breckland, NR19 2UD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Breckland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015360087179
- Council area
- Breckland
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 47
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2005.
Slight
Kawasaki ZX750 crash on the A47 in Breckland, 11 March 2005
6 m awayRef 2005360028282
Serious
Car crash on the A47 in Breckland, 12 August 1988
11 m awayRef 1988360051417
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A47 in Breckland, 23 May 1998
24 m awayRef 199836K980573
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A47 in Breckland, 26 May 1995
34 m awayRef 199536K950588
Serious
Car crash on the A47 in Breckland, 3 May 1985
44 m awayRef 1985360050543
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A47 in Breckland, 22 July 2024
47 m awayRef 2024361471340
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2015360087179 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 2015.