A47 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 22 March 2021 at 10:25 involving a Toyota RAV4
A Toyota RAV4 and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 10:25 on Monday 22 March 2021. The 88-year-old female driver of the Toyota RAV4 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
- 22 Mar 2021
- Monday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota RAV4 and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65, longitude 0.18052, in the PE14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Emneth & Outwell, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE14 0DL 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
- 2021361043701
- 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
- 47
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 January 2016.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 January 2016
3 m awayRef 2016360096831
Serious
Car crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 16 June 2024
3 m awayRef 2024361456453
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 21 November 2005
7 m awayRef 2005360032551
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 November 1993
9 m awayRef 1993360052095
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 18 October 2001
18 m awayRef 200136K011831
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the A47 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 25 May 2020
26 m awayRef 2020360957983
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 88 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota RAV4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021361043701 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 2021.