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B1143 crash in Great Yarmouth on 21 March 1997 at 20:20 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1143 in Great Yarmouth at 20:20 on Friday 21 March 1997. The 12-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 1997
Friday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.60689, longitude 1.72812, in the NR30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Yarmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199736T970222
Council area
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1143
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 14 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199736T970222 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Great Yarmouth road accident statistics for 1997.