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Serious B1456 crash in Babergh on 2 May 1982 at 00:01 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B1456 in Babergh at 00:01 on Sunday 2 May 1982. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 May 1982
Sunday, 00:01
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02222, longitude 1.16284, in the IP9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982371069400
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1456
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, 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 1982371069400 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 1982.