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Serious B1150 crash in Norwich on 22 January 2003 at 16:41 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a Yamaha VMX 1200 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1150 in Norwich at 16:41 on Wednesday 22 January 2003. The 38-year-old male rider of the Yamaha VMX 1200 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jan 2003
Wednesday, 16:41
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and Yamaha VMX 1200
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6434, longitude 1.29716, in the NR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sewell, Norwich, NR3 1FG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003360014459
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1150
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha VMX 1200

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha VMX 1200)

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 2003360014459 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 2003.