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Unclassified road crash in Norwich NR5 on 1 July 2002 at 17:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Norwich at 17:30 on Monday 1 July 2002. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 39-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jul 2002
Monday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Yamaha
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63999, longitude 1.24161, in the NR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 8TE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002360010686
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 125cc), 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 2002360010686 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 2002.