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Serious C road crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE34 on 26 January 2000 at 20:43 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 20:43 on Wednesday 26 January 2000. The 47-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jan 2000
Wednesday, 20:43
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74525, longitude 0.38373, in the PE34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200036K000162
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 200036K000162 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 2000.