A1270 crash in Broadland on 21 December 2018 at 08:20 involving a Volvo lorry
A Volvo lorry and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A1270 in Broadland at 08:20 on Friday 21 December 2018. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 6-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2018
- Friday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6806, longitude 1.33065, in the NR12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spixworth with St Faiths, Broadland, NR10 3NZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Broadland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018360355350
- Council area
- Broadland
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1270
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1150
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2019.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A1270 in Broadland, 5 August 2019
9 m awayRef 2019360884165
Fatal
Ford Galaxy crash on the A1270 in Broadland, 1 July 2023
20 m awayRef 2023361324837
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A1270 in Broadland, 28 November 2024
24 m awayRef 2024361538904
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A1270 in Broadland, 18 December 2021
25 m awayRef 2021361145094
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A1270 in Broadland, 20 June 2024
28 m awayRef 2024361463901
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1270 in Broadland, 14 March 2021
29 m awayRef 2021361029394
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,777 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018360355350 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.