A146 crash in South Norfolk on 23 December 2025 at 18:17 involving a Hyundai i20
A Hyundai i20 and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on the A146 in South Norfolk at 18:17 on Tuesday 23 December 2025. The 26-year-old female driver of the Hyundai i20 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2025
- Tuesday, 18:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i20 and BMW X3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60598, longitude 1.32697, in the NR14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse, South Norfolk, NR14 8RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025361687320
- 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
- 146
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2018.
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 31 January 2018
15 m awayRef 2018360268670
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 13 January 2005
52 m awayRef 2005360027349
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 26 July 2007
61 m awayRef 200736T070164
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 7 December 2008
74 m awayRef 2008360049648
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 6 November 2002
80 m awayRef 2002360012951
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A146 in South Norfolk, 7 November 1989
81 m awayRef 1989360012561
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i20
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i20)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2025361687320 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 2025.