A1066 crash in Breckland on 1 December 2016 at 14:12 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the A1066 in Breckland at 14:12 on Thursday 1 December 2016. The 74-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 14:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and Mitsubishi Shogun
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39284, longitude 0.9978, in the IP22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Breckland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016360139973
- Council area
- Breckland
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1066 in Breckland, 12 July 2003
31 m awayRef 2003360017340
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A1066 in Breckland, 2 September 1992
70 m awayRef 1992360051425
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A1066 in Breckland, 5 September 2016
77 m awayRef 2016360108026
Fatal
Car crash on the A1066 in Breckland, 5 November 2006
100 m awayRef 2006360038223
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Breckland, 15 October 2005
101 m awayRef 2005360031919
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A1066 in Breckland, 26 June 2005
130 m awayRef 2005360029923
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016360139973 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 2016.