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Serious C road crash in Breckland NR17 on 19 August 1995 at 00:10 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on a C road in Breckland at 00:10 on Saturday 19 August 1995. The 14-year-old male rider and a 14-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Aug 1995
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54273, longitude 0.88288, in the NR17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199536K950900
Council area
Breckland
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 71 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years
    Engine capacity
    97 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199536K950900 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 1995.