A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 15 October 2016 at 22:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 22:15 on Saturday 15 October 2016. A 23-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 22:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94234, longitude 0.49294, in the PE36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hunstanton.
Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016360126195
- Council area
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2003.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 25 December 2003
13 m awayRef 2003360020625
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 11 June 1993
20 m awayRef 1993360050992
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 15 November 2014
27 m awayRef 2014360085198
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 14 January 1997
29 m awayRef 199736K970064
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 22 December 2001
37 m awayRef 200136K012389
Slight
Leyland Cars crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 16 November 1994
81 m awayRef 199436T949340
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2016360126195 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 2016.