Serious A11 crash in South Norfolk on 16 September 1987 at 07:25 involving a lorry
A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A11 in South Norfolk at 07:25 on Wednesday 16 September 1987. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Sep 1987
- Wednesday, 07:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60154, longitude 1.19485, in the NR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hethersett.
Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1987360011798
- Council area
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 11
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in South Norfolk, 24 March 1983
22 m awayRef 1983360010493
Fatal
Volvo 850 crash on the B1172 in South Norfolk, 11 June 2011
32 m awayRef 2011360061377
Serious
Aprilia SR 50 crash on the B1172 in South Norfolk, 26 August 2019
38 m awayRef 2019360874478
Serious
Car crash on the B1172 in South Norfolk, 22 April 2012
45 m awayRef 2012360065438
Slight
Lorry crash on the B1172 in South Norfolk, 2 November 1987
50 m awayRef 1987360012235
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B1172 in South Norfolk, 5 August 2016
67 m awayRef 2016360099002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 24, 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 1987360011798 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 1987.