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Serious B1107 crash in West Suffolk on 27 November 2005 at 01:58 involving a Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle crashed on the B1107 in West Suffolk at 01:58 on Sunday 27 November 2005. The 21-year-old male rider and a 17-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Nov 2005
Sunday, 01:58
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ER500
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44558, longitude 0.63182, in the IP27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brandon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brandon Central, West Suffolk, IP27 0BU area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200537B023865
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1107
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ER500

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ER500)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ER500)

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 200537B023865 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 2005.