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Serious A140 crash in South Norfolk on 19 May 2016 at 13:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A140 in South Norfolk at 13:50 on Thursday 19 May 2016. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 May 2016
Thursday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51384, longitude 1.2517, in the NR15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hempnall, South Norfolk, NR15 1NP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016360074618
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
140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least 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 2016360074618 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.