Serious A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 9 July 1989 at 17:50 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 17:50 on Sunday 9 July 1989. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Jul 1989
- Sunday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88069, longitude 0.5017, in the PE31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1989360051273
- Council area
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 149
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 6 October 1986
20 m awayRef 1986360051489
Slight
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 February 1983
30 m awayRef 1983360050148
Slight
BMW M1 crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 31 October 2025
48 m awayRef 2025361661683
Fatal
Honda crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 13 June 1990
51 m awayRef 1990360051006
Serious
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 14 January 1988
71 m awayRef 1988360050083
Slight
Car crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 10 December 1986
80 m awayRef 1986360051993
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 30, 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 1989360051273 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 1989.