A147 crash in Norwich on 20 December 2011 at 11:20 involving an Audi A2
An Audi A2 and a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A147 in Norwich at 11:20 on Tuesday 20 December 2011. The 51-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2011
- Tuesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A2 and Yamaha Ybr 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6288, longitude 1.28527, in the NR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mancroft, Norwich, NR2 1TW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011360064002
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 147
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 1998.
Slight
Renault 18 crash on the A147 in Norwich, 7 September 1998
At the same spotRef 199836T980620
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A147 in Norwich, 23 November 2009
At the same spotRef 2009360054411
Slight
Car crash on the A147 in Norwich, 12 May 1986
At the same spotRef 1986360010872
Serious
Morris Marina crash on the A147 in Norwich, 24 January 1991
At the same spotRef 1991360010210
Slight
Car crash on the A147 in Norwich, 8 October 1983
At the same spotRef 1983360011605
Slight
Mini John Cooper Works crash on the A147 in Norwich, 22 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025361672276
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha Ybr 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 2011360064002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 2011.