A1078 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 25 October 2017 at 14:05 involving a Kia Ceed
A Kia Ceed and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 14:05 on Wednesday 25 October 2017. The 24-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2017
- Wednesday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Ceed and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75811, longitude 0.39833, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 1NS area accident hotspot.
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
- 2017360238667
- 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
- 1078
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 4 November 1987
2 m awayRef 1987360051940
Slight
Volvo 940 crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 5 October 1996
2 m awayRef 199636T960705
Slight
Car crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 3 March 1992
2 m awayRef 1992360050361
Slight
Car crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 23 November 1988
2 m awayRef 1988360052173
Slight
Car crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 May 1988
2 m awayRef 1988360050760
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 June 2011
2 m awayRef 2011360061335
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2017360238667 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 2017.