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Serious C road crash in Norwich NR7 on 26 September 1983 at 22:26 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Norwich at 22:26 on Monday 26 September 1983. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 17-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was 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
Serious
Date
26 Sep 1983
Monday, 22:26
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64787, longitude 1.34092, in the NR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983360011537
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1983360011537 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 1983.