A143 crash in Great Yarmouth on 4 May 2021 at 07:58 involving a Peugeot Expert
Five vehicles, including a Peugeot Expert and a Ford Fiesta, were involved in a crash on the A143 in Great Yarmouth at 07:58 on Tuesday 4 May 2021. The 45-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 39-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were 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
- 4 May 2021
- Tuesday, 07:58
- Vehicles
- 5
- Peugeot Expert and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58053, longitude 1.70844, in the NR31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradwell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bradwell South and Hopton, Great Yarmouth, NR31 8DR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021361061387
- Council area
- Great Yarmouth
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 143
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2025.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Great Yarmouth, 2 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025361662601
Slight
Car crash on the A143 in Great Yarmouth, 6 October 1988
13 m awayRef 1988360021981
Slight
Car crash on the A143 in Great Yarmouth, 24 October 1988
18 m awayRef 1988360022125
Slight
Honda MT50SG crash on the A143 in Great Yarmouth, 26 July 1993
18 m awayRef 1993360021064
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A143 in Great Yarmouth, 30 March 2012
26 m awayRef 2012360065296
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A143 in Great Yarmouth, 21 June 2022
27 m awayRef 2022361199348
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Expert
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 5: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,982 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2021361061387 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Great Yarmouth road accident statistics for 2021.