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A140 crash in Broadland on 21 October 1985 at 14:45 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the A140 in Broadland at 14:45 on Monday 21 October 1985. The 25-year-old male rider of the motor scooter and a 17-year-old female passenger on the motor scooter were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 1985
Monday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66443, longitude 1.2728, in the NR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Broadland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360011779
Council area
Broadland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 1985360011779 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1985.