A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 15 January 2020 at 13:45 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 13:45 on Wednesday 15 January 2020. The 51-year-old female driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jan 2020
- Wednesday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74456, longitude 0.40181, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 5RD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020360938704
- Council area
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 148
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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 March 1997.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 29 March 1997
4 m awayRef 199736K970387
Slight
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 February 1994
4 m awayRef 1994360050349
Serious
HGV crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 9 April 1999
6 m awayRef 199936K990413
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 18 July 2019
8 m awayRef 2019360875831
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 17 August 2011
12 m awayRef 2011360062311
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 December 1989
13 m awayRef 1989360052321
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020360938704 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 2020.