B1145 crash in Breckland on 24 December 2016 at 07:15 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B1145 in Breckland at 07:15 on Saturday 24 December 2016. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74817, longitude 0.87497, in the NR20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Breckland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016360145511
- Council area
- Breckland
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1145
- 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
- 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, 56 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 August 1996.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B1145 in Breckland, 13 August 1996
56 m awayRef 199636K960801
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1145 in Breckland, 10 February 2022
72 m awayRef 2022361160498
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B1145 in Breckland, 15 September 2005
78 m awayRef 2005360031467
Fatal
Harley-Davidson crash on the B1145 in Breckland, 22 May 2010
78 m awayRef 2010360056629
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B1145 in Breckland, 15 January 1999
87 m awayRef 199936K990081
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1145 in Breckland, 21 September 1996
102 m awayRef 199636T960656
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,809 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2016360145511 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.