A11 crash in Breckland on 30 May 2017 at 14:05 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo, a Vauxhall Astra and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the A11 in Breckland at 14:05 on Tuesday 30 May 2017. A 66-year-old female passenger in the Saab 9-3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 May 2017
- Tuesday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53331, longitude 1.05481, in the NR17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Breckland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017360193300
- 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
- 11
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 23 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 December 2011.
Fatal
Ford KA crash on the A11 in Breckland, 18 December 2011
23 m awayRef 2011360063874
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in Breckland, 12 May 1989
24 m awayRef 1989360050886
Slight
MCC Smart crash on the A11 in Breckland, 3 August 2012
27 m awayRef 2012360066760
Serious
MAN crash on the A11 in Breckland, 10 July 2023
33 m awayRef 2023361327784
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in Breckland, 25 January 1986
41 m awayRef 1986360050129
Fatal
Citroen Relay crash on the A11 in Breckland, 30 June 2013
41 m awayRef 2013360072343
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Saab 9-3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017360193300 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 2017.