A140 crash in South Norfolk on 30 December 2025 at 17:37 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A140 in South Norfolk at 17:37 on Tuesday 30 December 2025. The 33-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2025
- Tuesday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57552, longitude 1.27931, in the NR14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross, South Norfolk, NR14 8PQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025361689412
- 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
- 140
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 16 December 2006.
Fatal
Peugeot 306 crash on the A140 in South Norfolk, 16 December 2006
4 m awayRef 2006360039029
Slight
Jaguar XK Series crash on the A140 in South Norfolk, 18 May 2015
6 m awayRef 2015360090490
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A140 in South Norfolk, 6 February 2023
9 m awayRef 2023361273383
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A140 in South Norfolk, 28 July 2025
11 m awayRef 2025361622803
Slight
BMW Z4 crash on the A140 in South Norfolk, 17 July 2016
11 m awayRef 2016360089549
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A140 in South Norfolk, 9 May 2008
12 m awayRef 2008360046698
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025361689412 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.