Serious B1146 crash in North Norfolk on 17 April 2018 at 14:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk at 14:10 on Tuesday 17 April 2018. A 61-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto was seriously injured and the 65-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Apr 2018
- Tuesday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82473, longitude 0.8403, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018360287393
- 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
- 60 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2021.
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 12 August 2021
1 m awayRef 2021361077304
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 3 November 2025
1 m awayRef 2025361664235
Serious
Sym Jet crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 17 April 2019
3 m awayRef 2019360837164
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 11 May 2024
3 m awayRef 2024361441636
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the B1146 in North Norfolk, 6 January 2022
3 m awayRef 2022361133282
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in North Norfolk, 6 May 2018
4 m awayRef 2018360296166
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 89 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- 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 2018360287393 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.