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B1440 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 27 December 1991 at 15:40 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Honda CBR1000F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1440 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 15:40 on Friday 27 December 1991. The 52-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1000F motorcycle and a 52-year-old female passenger on the Honda CBR1000F motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1991
Friday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Honda CBR1000F
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.82065, longitude 0.52185, in the PE31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991360052161
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1440
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1439

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR1000F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1000F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1000F)

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 1991360052161 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 1991.