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Serious A1075 crash in Breckland on 22 July 2004 at 23:55 involving a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A1075 in Breckland at 23:55 on Thursday 22 July 2004. The 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle and the 40-year-old male driver of the car were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jul 2004
Thursday, 23:55
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki EX500 and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57091, longitude 0.8281, in the IP25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Watton, Breckland, IP25 6FB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Breckland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004360024057
Council area
Breckland
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1075
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
1108

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX500

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2004360024057 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Breckland road accident statistics for 2004.