A47 crash in Broadland on 27 August 2016 at 10:00 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 10:00 on Saturday 27 August 2016. The 70-year-old female driver of the Ford Fusion and the 63-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2016
- Saturday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fusion and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64648, longitude 1.53646, in the NR13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Broadland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016360101245
- Council area
- Broadland
- 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
- Non-trunk road
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
- Daylight
- 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, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 1994.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B1140 in Broadland, 15 February 1994
141 m awayRef 1994360020180
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Broadland, 14 December 2005
146 m awayRef 2005360032990
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Broadland, 29 July 2009
146 m awayRef 200936T090105
Slight
Lorry crash on the B1140 in Broadland, 12 March 1987
153 m awayRef 1987360020378
Serious
Car crash on the B1140 in Broadland, 6 June 1987
160 m awayRef 1987360020887
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B1140 in Broadland, 20 May 1984
160 m awayRef 1984360020708
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016360101245 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 2016.