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Serious C road crash in South Norfolk IP20 on 24 October 1996 at 13:05 involving an Iveco-Ford van

An Iveco-Ford van and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in South Norfolk at 13:05 on Thursday 24 October 1996. The 19-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 1996
Thursday, 13:05
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41098, longitude 1.33121, in the IP20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199636K961098
Council area
South Norfolk
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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, 60 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    5,947 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    98 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199636K961098 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Norfolk road accident statistics for 1996.