C road crash in Breckland on 8 December 1981 at 14:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on a C road in Breckland at 14:20 on Tuesday 8 December 1981. The 40-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 8 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 14:20
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1981360041198
Council area: Breckland
Police force: Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class: C
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
40 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Female, aged 40, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1981360041198 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 1981.