Unclassified road crash in South Norfolk NR15 on 16 October 2020 at 23:17 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 crashed on an unclassified road in South Norfolk at 23:17 on Friday 16 October 2020. The 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2020
- Friday, 23:17
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52887, longitude 1.28506, in the NR15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020360992161
- Council area
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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 unlit
- 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, 42 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 2010.
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 9 December 2010
42 m awayRef 2010360059400
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Norfolk, 27 May 1985
51 m awayRef 1985360020846
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in South Norfolk, 27 November 2017
106 m awayRef 2017360248250
Slight
Car crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 15 August 1986
109 m awayRef 1986360021464
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in South Norfolk, 21 June 2025
165 m awayRef 2025361605949
Serious
Nissan Patrol crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 17 July 1991
175 m awayRef 1991360021337
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- 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 2020360992161 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 2020.