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A1302 crash in West Suffolk on 8 September 2003 at 17:35 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A1302 in West Suffolk at 17:35 on Monday 8 September 2003. The 27-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2003
Monday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24215, longitude 0.7081, 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 3XP 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200337B017475
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
1302
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    849 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (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 200337B017475 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 2003.