B1140 crash in Broadland on 27 December 2016 at 07:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B1140 in Broadland at 07:00 on Tuesday 27 December 2016. The 42-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2016
- Tuesday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67765, longitude 1.40908, 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
- 2016360145137
- Council area
- Broadland
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1140
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 65 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2001.
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the B1140 in Broadland, 26 July 2001
65 m awayRef 200136N011234
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the B1140 in Broadland, 29 December 2001
94 m awayRef 200136N012369
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on a C road in Broadland, 9 November 1999
104 m awayRef 199936N991734
Fatal
Kawasaki crash on a C road in Broadland, 1 April 1992
122 m awayRef 1992360020543
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B1140 in Broadland, 26 May 2001
190 m awayRef 200136N010916
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on a C road in Broadland, 9 October 2015
199 m awayRef 201536T150162
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016360145137 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.