Serious A47 crash in Broadland on 20 August 2018 at 22:45 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 22:45 on Monday 20 August 2018. The 44-year-old male driver of the Toyota Auris was seriously injured and the 33-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai and a 66-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Auris were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Aug 2018
- Monday, 22:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63133, longitude 1.42562, in the NR13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brundall, Broadland, NR13 5SD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Broadland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018360320606
- Council area
- Broadland
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 47
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A47 in Broadland, 7 July 2018
3 m awayRef 2018360315437
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 30 January 2018
3 m awayRef 2018360268154
Slight
Lorry crash on the A47 in Broadland, 21 January 1987
5 m awayRef 1987360010125
Slight
Car crash on the A47 in Broadland, 5 November 1987
7 m awayRef 1987360012273
Slight
Car crash on the A47 in Broadland, 9 August 1984
7 m awayRef 1984360011232
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A47 in Broadland, 19 September 2021
7 m awayRef 2021361090414
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018360320606 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 2018.