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A145 crash in East Suffolk on 6 January 1990 at 15:00 involving a Yamaha motor scooter

A Yamaha motor scooter and a Triumph Acclaim were involved in a crash on the A145 in East Suffolk at 15:00 on Saturday 6 January 1990. The 16-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1990
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Triumph Acclaim
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45384, longitude 1.56381, in the NR34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beccles. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990372001100
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
145
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
1062

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 1990372001100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 1990.