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Serious A1101 crash in West Suffolk on 2 June 2002 at 02:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A1101 in West Suffolk at 02:00 on Sunday 2 June 2002. The 20-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jun 2002
Sunday, 02:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25196, longitude 0.71573, in the IP33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 1JE area accident hotspot. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200237B014683
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1101
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
134

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 200237B014683 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2002.