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Serious A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 20 April 2003 at 15:05 involving a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle crashed on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 15:05 on Sunday 20 April 2003. The 38-year-old male rider was seriously injured and a 12-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Apr 2003
Sunday, 15:05
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSF 600
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96, longitude 0.7754, in the NR23 postcode district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003360015875
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
149
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 132 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSF 600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 600)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSF 600)

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 2003360015875 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 2003.