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A149 crash in North Norfolk on 6 February 1997 at 15:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A149 in North Norfolk at 15:15 on Thursday 6 February 1997. The 48-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was 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
6 Feb 1997
Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94061, longitude 1.21041, in the NR26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheringham.

Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199736T970144
Council area
North Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
149
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199736T970144 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 1997.