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Serious A11 crash in Norwich on 15 October 1985 at 18:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A11 in Norwich at 18:30 on Tuesday 15 October 1985. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Oct 1985
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61326, longitude 1.26293, in the NR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Norwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360011729
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
11
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, 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 1985360011729 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 1985.