Fatal C road crash in West Suffolk on 13 December 1986 at 11:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on a C road in West Suffolk at 11:15 on Saturday 13 December 1986. The 20-year-old female rider was killed. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Fatal
Date: 13 Dec 1986; Saturday, 11:15
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 killed

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986373222500
Council area: West Suffolk
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class: C
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Telegraph or electricity pole
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Fatal
Female, aged 20, 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 1986373222500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 1986.