B1127 crash in East Suffolk on 5 March 1985 at 18:35 involving a motorcycle
Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the B1127 in East Suffolk at 18:35 on Tuesday 5 March 1985. The 53-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 1985
- Tuesday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45022, longitude 1.57913, in the NR34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beccles. The location was in the former Waveney district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985372022100
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1127
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 53, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1985372022100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 1985.