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Fatal unclassified road crash in West Suffolk IP32 on 16 January 2004 at 07:30 involving a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle

A Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk at 07:30 on Friday 16 January 2004. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Jan 2004
Friday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Yamaha DT 125 R and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25905, longitude 0.70444, in the IP32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tollgate, West Suffolk, IP32 6DF 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200437B018648
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha DT 125 R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha DT 125 R)

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 200437B018648 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 2004.