Man jailed after wrong way crash on A47 near Norwich...

Man jailed after wrong way crash on A47 near Norwich

A van driver who admitted to reckless driving and collided with a car while driving on the wrong side of the A47 was

sentenced to prison.

The 23-year-old Charley Lance was seen “doing doughnuts” in the centre of the A146 intersection before “joining the

A47 in the wrong direction.”

Lance drove the wrong way along the A47 at around 60 mph, according to King’s Lynn Crown Court.

The prosecution’s Ian James claimed that before Lance collided with a blue Vauxhall Mokka, other drivers had to

take “evasive action” from him.

According to Mr. James, Lance’s vehicle went “up into the air” and “ends up on its roof.”

He claimed that after the collision on July 21 of this year, police arrived on the site promptly.

Mr. James stated that Lance’s “endangered the lives of other people in complete disregard of their safety” made it

hard to think of a more serious instance of reckless driving.

A “very obvious and very serious risk of danger to other people” had existed, he continued.

Lance, who formerly had no fixed address but whose address is Lark Drive, Attleborough, according to the court,

showed up in court on Wednesday, December 21, after previously confessing to reckless driving, knife possession,

and driving without a valid insurance policy.

He also admitted drug driving in relation to the incident as well as a number of other matters, including disorderly

behaviour, theft and failing to provide a specimen for analysis on September 11 last year.

Lance also admitted dangerous driving in Norwich in December last year as well as an offence of failing to provide a

specimen for police and breach of a suspended sentence.

Jailing Lance for a total of 30 months, Recorder Guy Ayers said the defendant had driven the wrong way along the

A47 for a “significant distance”.

According to recorder Ayers, other drivers had to avoid his “very dangerous driving” until one of them was unable to

do so, at which point the crash occurred.

Lance had been a “fool,” but he was still young and had “obvious immaturity,” according to mitigation attorney Will

Carter.

He claimed that Lance deserved full credit for his pleas because he had entered a guilty plea to all charges.

Lance was given a three-year, three-month driving suspension and is had to undergo a lengthy retest before he is

allowed to drive once more.