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A148 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 22 July 2001 at 17:00 involving a Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle

A Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle crashed on the A148 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 17:00 on Sunday 22 July 2001. The 45-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an oily single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jul 2001
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha XVS 650
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7783, longitude 0.46887, in the PE30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Woottons, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 3HQ area accident hotspot.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200136K011249
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
148
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha XVS 650

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XVS 650)

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 200136K011249 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 2001.