A1074 crash in South Norfolk on 1 November 2018 at 18:00 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A1074 in South Norfolk at 18:00 on Thursday 1 November 2018. The 42-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2018
- Thursday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64572, longitude 1.21015, in the NR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 9JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018360346027
- Council area
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1074
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2019.
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A1074 in South Norfolk, 23 October 2019
3 m awayRef 2019360916854
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1074 in South Norfolk, 19 November 2016
4 m awayRef 2016360139088
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A1074 in South Norfolk, 11 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025361642743
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1074 in South Norfolk, 13 September 2014
6 m awayRef 201436T140168
Slight
Ford Scorpio crash on the A1074 in South Norfolk, 26 August 2000
7 m awayRef 200036N001352
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1074 in South Norfolk, 9 August 2013
8 m awayRef 2013360073487
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- 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 2018360346027 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 2018.