B1059 crash in Ipswich on 16 July 1996 at 14:26 involving a Honda PA50VL motorcycle
A Honda PA50VL motorcycle and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the B1059 in Ipswich at 14:26 on Tuesday 16 July 1996. The 16-year-old male rider of the Honda PA50VL 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
- 16 Jul 1996
- Tuesday, 14:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda PA50VL and Leyland
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05251, longitude 1.1803, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996371608360
- Council area
- Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1059
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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 20 March 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1059 in Ipswich, 20 March 2009
At the same spotRef 200937G026856
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B1059 in Ipswich, 30 May 2000
At the same spotRef 200037G006350
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B1076 in Ipswich, 5 September 2013
6 m awayRef 201337EA74047
Serious
Suzuki UK 110 crash on the B1075 in Ipswich, 23 July 2021
9 m awayRef 2021371087398
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on a C road in Ipswich, 21 February 2010
10 m awayRef 201037G028885
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B1059 in Ipswich, 7 June 1996
10 m awayRef 1996371607120
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda PA50VL
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Leyland
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda PA50VL)
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 1996371608360 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 1996.