A11 crash in Norwich on 16 December 2018 at 10:05 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A11 in Norwich at 10:05 on Sunday 16 December 2018. A 49-year-old female passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2018
- Sunday, 10:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62112, longitude 1.28601, in the NR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town Close, Norwich, NR1 3SB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018360354833
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 2010.
Serious
Mercedes CLS Class crash on the A11 in Norwich, 14 November 2010
2 m awayRef 2010360058929
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A11 in Norwich, 11 May 1988
2 m awayRef 1988360010939
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A11 in Norwich, 21 November 1997
2 m awayRef 199736T970872
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A11 in Norwich, 17 March 1995
2 m awayRef 199536T950180
Serious
Car crash on the A11 in Norwich, 18 June 1987
2 m awayRef 1987360011155
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A11 in Norwich, 2 December 1997
2 m awayRef 199736T970928
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,696 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018360354833 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 2018.