A47 crash in South Norfolk on 10 September 2021 at 16:42 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A47 in South Norfolk at 16:42 on Friday 10 September 2021. The 21-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Sep 2021
- Friday, 16:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59302, longitude 1.24395, in the NR4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021361087860
- Council area
- South 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2025.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A47 in South Norfolk, 31 March 2025
11 m awayRef 2025361571830
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A47 in South Norfolk, 22 June 2017
16 m awayRef 2017360200439
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A47 in South Norfolk, 7 October 2024
18 m awayRef 2024361500751
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A47 in South Norfolk, 3 November 2006
25 m awayRef 2006360038292
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A47 in South Norfolk, 8 December 2015
39 m awayRef 2015360096123
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A47 in South Norfolk, 9 February 2018
51 m awayRef 2018360266817
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021361087860 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 2021.