Serious A1065 crash in West Suffolk on 21 December 1986 at 16:25 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk at 16:25 on Sunday 21 December 1986. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Serious
Date: 21 Dec 1986; Sunday, 16:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986373231200
Council area: West Suffolk
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1065
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
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: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
42 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 21, 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 1986373231200 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.