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A12 crash in East Suffolk on 12 January 2000 at 18:45 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle crashed on the A12 in East Suffolk at 18:45 on Wednesday 12 January 2000. The 21-year-old male rider and a 29-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an oily single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 2000
Wednesday, 18:45
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47908, longitude 1.75537, in the NR32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lowestoft. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200037L003965
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)

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 200037L003965 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2000.