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A143 crash in West Suffolk on 11 April 1991 at 14:45 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter

A Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter crashed on the A143 in West Suffolk at 14:45 on Thursday 11 April 1991. The 29-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Apr 1991
Thursday, 14:45
Vehicles
1
Vespa (Douglas)
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25903, longitude 0.71876, in the IP31 postcode district. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991373061600
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
143
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    145 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 1991373061600 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 1991.