Serious A47 crash in Broadland on 12 October 2021 at 09:10 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan
Nine vehicles, including a Volkswagen Tiguan and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on the A47 in Broadland at 09:10 on Tuesday 12 October 2021. The 22-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and the 46-year-old female driver of the Volvo C 30 and the 31-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Oct 2021
- Tuesday, 09:10
- Vehicles
- 9
- Volkswagen Tiguan and 8 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62178, longitude 1.65038, in the NR29 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Broadland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021361098508
- Council area
- Broadland
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2008.
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 24 March 2008
17 m awayRef 200836T080048
Serious
Audi A6 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 7 September 2014
24 m awayRef 2014360083536
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A47 in Broadland, 17 December 1992
27 m awayRef 1992360022331
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A47 in Broadland, 23 February 1990
43 m awayRef 1990360020379
Serious
Leyland DAF FTG 85CF crash on the A47 in Broadland, 31 August 2004
57 m awayRef 2004360024750
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A47 in Broadland, 4 June 2003
58 m awayRef 200336T030146
Vehicles involved (9)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Tiguan
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volvo C 30
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 5: Ford Transit Connect
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 6: Tesla Model 3
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 7: Land Rover Discovery
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 8: Fiat 500
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 9: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo C 30)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 8 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021361098508 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 2021.