A1066 crash in South Norfolk on 8 April 2016 at 21:36 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and an Audi A8 were involved in a crash on the A1066 in South Norfolk at 21:36 on Friday 8 April 2016. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Audi A8 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2016
- Friday, 21:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Audi A8
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37489, longitude 1.0968, in the IP22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Diss.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016360061453
- Council area
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1066
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 1986.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A1066 in South Norfolk, 7 September 1986
12 m awayRef 1986360021672
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1066 in South Norfolk, 5 September 2010
12 m awayRef 2010360057995
Slight
Fiat 127 crash on the A1066 in South Norfolk, 17 December 1991
23 m awayRef 1991360022372
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the A1066 in South Norfolk, 2 June 2025
39 m awayRef 2025361597520
Serious
Morris 575 crash on an unclassified road in South Norfolk, 12 June 1994
49 m awayRef 1994360051204
Slight
Talbot Sunbeam crash on the A1066 in South Norfolk, 26 August 1995
77 m awayRef 199536T950544
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A8
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,172 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A8)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2016360061453 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 2016.