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Unclassified road crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE31 on 30 October 1993 at 13:30 involving a Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 13:30 on Saturday 30 October 1993. The 40-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle and a 35-year-old male passenger on the Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 1993
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX550 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90208, longitude 0.4894, in the PE31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heacham.

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
1993360052066
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX550

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX550)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX550)

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 1993360052066 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 1993.