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Fatal A1064 crash in Great Yarmouth on 6 September 1998 at 15:25 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A1064 in Great Yarmouth at 15:25 on Sunday 6 September 1998. A 19-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki motorcycle was killed and the 22-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Sep 1998
Sunday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66327, longitude 1.60111, in the NR29 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Great Yarmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199836G980685
Council area
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1064
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
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 15 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 199836G980685 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 1998.