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Serious A1017 crash in West Suffolk on 7 September 2006 at 12:15 involving a BMW R 1150 RT motorcycle

A BMW R 1150 RT motorcycle crashed on the A1017 in West Suffolk at 12:15 on Thursday 7 September 2006. The 33-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Sep 2006
Thursday, 12:15
Vehicles
1
BMW R 1150 RT
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07908, longitude 0.41564, in the CB9 postcode district. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200637B026120
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
1017
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 1150 RT

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,130 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW R 1150 RT)

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 200637B026120 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 2006.