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Unclassified road crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE34 on 5 July 1983 at 23:50 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 23:50 on Tuesday 5 July 1983. The 18-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jul 1983
Tuesday, 23:50
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75792, longitude 0.30361, in the PE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Terrington St Clement.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983360050839
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 108 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 1983360050839 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 1983.