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A47 crash in Norwich on 23 May 1992 at 09:40 involving a BMW R 80 RT motorcycle

A BMW R 80 RT motorcycle and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A47 in Norwich at 09:40 on Saturday 23 May 1992. The 38-year-old female rider of the BMW R 80 RT motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 1992
Saturday, 09:40
Vehicles
2
BMW R 80 RT and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62648, longitude 1.32451, in the NR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Norwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992360010971
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
47
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 November 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 80 RT

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW R 80 RT)

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 1992360010971 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 1992.