A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 5 November 2021 at 18:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 18:25 on Friday 5 November 2021. A 33-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2021
- Friday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7563, longitude 0.40341, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 1NS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021361136855
- 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
- 148
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 148
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2021.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 January 2021
6 m awayRef 2021361015525
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 18 May 2000
11 m awayRef 200036K000711
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 6 December 2002
11 m awayRef 2002360013596
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 June 1999
21 m awayRef 199936K990705
Slight
Ford Tourneo Connect crash on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 6 October 2025
27 m awayRef 2025361650987
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 1 February 2018
28 m awayRef 2018360270330
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021361136855 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.