A146 crash in Norwich on 7 May 2015 at 22:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A146 in Norwich at 22:15 on Thursday 7 May 2015. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2015
- Thursday, 22:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61189, longitude 1.30648, in the NR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse, South Norfolk, NR14 8UE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015360090140
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 146
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1054
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A146 in Norwich, 17 July 2006
5 m awayRef 2006360036454
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A147 in Norwich, 21 May 2018
7 m awayRef 2018360297770
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A146 in Norwich, 7 December 2017
7 m awayRef 2017360252237
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A146 in Norwich, 7 December 2002
9 m awayRef 2002360013547
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A146 in Norwich, 13 June 2014
13 m awayRef 201436T140114
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A146 in Norwich, 21 April 2005
15 m awayRef 2005360028973
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,521 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 2015360090140 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 2015.