A1101 crash in West Suffolk on 25 November 2007 at 16:15 involving a Piaggio Zip motorcycle
A Piaggio Zip motorcycle and an Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk at 16:15 on Sunday 25 November 2007. The 17-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Zip motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2007
- Sunday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio Zip and Aprilia SR 50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34407, longitude 0.5117, in the IP28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mildenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mildenhall Kingsway & Market, West Suffolk, IP28 7LW 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200737B029455
- 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
- 1101
- 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 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 April 2015.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 12 April 2015
8 m awayRef 201537EA89565
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 22 March 2002
10 m awayRef 200237B013372
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 12 April 2011
10 m awayRef 2011370146411
Slight
Car crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 11 September 1984
10 m awayRef 1984373158900
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 10 November 1993
10 m awayRef 1993373404920
Slight
Car crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 6 January 1987
14 m awayRef 1987373002400
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Zip
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia SR 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)
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 200737B029455 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 2007.