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A149 crash in Great Yarmouth on 5 November 1985 at 09:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A149 in Great Yarmouth at 09:55 on Tuesday 5 November 1985. The 16-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 1985
Tuesday, 09:55
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64999, longitude 1.71345, in the NR30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caister-on-Sea.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360022043
Council area
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
149
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1064

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 1985360022043 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Great Yarmouth road accident statistics for 1985.