A149 crash in North Norfolk on 31 August 2004 at 20:05 involving an Aprilia motorcycle
An Aprilia motorcycle and an LDV 400 Series van were involved in a crash on the A149 in North Norfolk at 20:05 on Tuesday 31 August 2004. The 16-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2004
- Tuesday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia and LDV 400 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94048, longitude 1.2112, in the NR26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheringham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sheringham North, North Norfolk, NR26 8RG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004360024746
- Council area
- North 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2020.
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 19 December 2020
4 m awayRef 2020361013876
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 1 April 1996
14 m awayRef 199636G960177
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 21 June 2020
20 m awayRef 2020360968166
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 17 July 1986
20 m awayRef 1986360021220
Slight
Rover Montego crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 20 August 1997
32 m awayRef 199736G970567
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 14 April 1986
32 m awayRef 1986360020594
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: LDV 400 Series
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)
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 2004360024746 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 2004.