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Serious B1438 crash in East Suffolk on 10 August 1992 at 14:20 involving a Honda C70C motorcycle

A Honda C70C motorcycle and a Mercedes 300 were involved in a crash on the B1438 in East Suffolk at 14:20 on Monday 10 August 1992. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda C70C motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Aug 1992
Monday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Honda C70C and Mercedes 300
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15112, longitude 1.36337, in the IP13 postcode district. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992371732000
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1438
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda C70C

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda C70C)

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 1992371732000 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 1992.