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A1214 crash in Ipswich on 8 March 1990 at 12:45 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1214 in Ipswich at 12:45 on Thursday 8 March 1990. The 32-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 1990
Thursday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05137, longitude 1.12187, in the IP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990371035600
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1214
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 1990371035600 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 1990.