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Unclassified road crash in Ipswich IP3 on 29 November 1985 at 00:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 00:15 on Friday 29 November 1985. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 1985
Friday, 00:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04069, longitude 1.18807, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985371206500
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk

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, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    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 1985371206500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 1985.