Serious C road crash in Mid Suffolk IP31 on 10 April 2011 at 09:50 involving a BMW X1
A motorcycle and a BMW X1 were involved in a crash on a C road in Mid Suffolk at 09:50 on Sunday 10 April 2011. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Apr 2011
- Sunday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and BMW X1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25749, longitude 0.83214, in the IP31 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011370155611
- Council area
- Mid Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 September 2009.
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on a C road in Mid Suffolk, 2 September 2009
20 m awayRef 200937B043051
Slight
Vauxhall Senator crash on a C road in West Suffolk, 1 April 1998
22 m awayRef 199837B003098
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 16 June 2011
30 m awayRef 2011370235611
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Mid Suffolk, 4 July 1987
32 m awayRef 1987373116200
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in Mid Suffolk, 18 May 2003
40 m awayRef 200337B016595
Serious
Van crash on a C road in Mid Suffolk, 7 June 1984
41 m awayRef 1984373098200
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: BMW X1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2011370155611 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2011.