B1146 crash in North Norfolk on 5 January 2018 at 11:25 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and two cars were involved in a crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk at 11:25 on Friday 5 January 2018. The 65-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2018
- Friday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82476, longitude 0.84034, in the NR21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Raynhams, North Norfolk, NR21 7JX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018360275819
- Council area
- North Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1146
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 4 September 2023
At the same spotRef 2023361353372
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in North Norfolk, 6 May 2018
1 m awayRef 2018360296166
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 11 May 2024
2 m awayRef 2024361441636
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 6 January 2022
2 m awayRef 2022361133282
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 3 November 2025
3 m awayRef 2025361664235
Serious
Sym Jet crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 17 April 2019
3 m awayRef 2019360837164
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 65 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018360275819 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 2018.