A140 crash in North Norfolk on 27 December 1982 at 11:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A140 in North Norfolk at 11:15 on Monday 27 December 1982. The 21-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1982; Monday, 11:15
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1982360021996
Council area: North Norfolk
Police force: Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 140
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Carriageway hazards: Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, 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 1982360021996 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 1982.