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A149 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 26 December 2008 at 15:40 involving a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle

A Triumph Bonneville motorcycle crashed on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 15:40 on Friday 26 December 2008. The 51-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 2008
Friday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Triumph Bonneville
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.90598, longitude 0.50364, in the PE31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heacham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heacham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE31 7SH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200836T080255
Council area
King's Lynn and West 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
40 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
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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Bonneville

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    865 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Bonneville)

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 200836T080255 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 2008.