A149 crash in North Norfolk on 1 August 2021 at 19:14 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A149 in North Norfolk at 19:14 on Sunday 1 August 2021. The 85-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift, the 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Kuga and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Ford Kuga were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Aug 2021
- Sunday, 19:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Kuga and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92569, longitude 1.30296, in the NR27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cromer. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cromer Town, North Norfolk, NR27 9DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021361072645
- Council area
- North 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 September 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 18 September 1987
2 m awayRef 1987360021719
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 6 July 2004
2 m awayRef 2004360023883
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 8 April 2018
3 m awayRef 2018360286852
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 9 November 1993
12 m awayRef 1993360021560
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 4 December 2002
16 m awayRef 2002360013543
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 10 April 2007
23 m awayRef 2007360040875
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2021361072645 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 2021.