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A147 crash in Norwich on 25 August 1998 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A147 in Norwich at 17:45 on Tuesday 25 August 1998. The 41-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 1998
Tuesday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62765, longitude 1.28572, in the NR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Norwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199836T980595
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
147
Road type
Dual 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
Unclassified

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 4 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, 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 199836T980595 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 1998.