A1078 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 19 March 2011 at 13:20 involving a Suzuki UX 125 motorcycle
A Suzuki UX 125 motorcycle and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 13:20 on Saturday 19 March 2011. The 77-year-old male rider of the Suzuki UX 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 2011
- Saturday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki UX 125 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76726, longitude 0.40243, in the PE30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Lynn, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 2NQ 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
- 2011360060468
- 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
- 1078
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 March 1999.
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 17 March 1999
22 m awayRef 199936K990336
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 February 1992
22 m awayRef 1992360050205
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 20 September 1989
41 m awayRef 1989360051726
Slight
Car crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 2 November 2008
45 m awayRef 2008360049546
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 28 September 2016
67 m awayRef 2016360118003
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 19 January 1992
76 m awayRef 1992360050123
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki UX 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 77, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki UX 125)
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 2011360060468 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 2011.