A1065 crash in West Suffolk on 2 June 2011 at 16:30 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Baotian BT 49 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk at 16:30 on Thursday 2 June 2011. The 16-year-old male rider of the Baotian BT 49 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2011
- Thursday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Baotian BT 49
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44445, longitude 0.61792, in the IP27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brandon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brandon Central, West Suffolk, IP27 0BU 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
- 2011370219011
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1065
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 17 April 2002
10 m awayRef 200237B013589
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 11 October 2007
10 m awayRef 200737B029035
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 4 July 1992
10 m awayRef 1992373430600
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 26 September 2006
10 m awayRef 200637B026302
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 20 July 2003
10 m awayRef 200337B017083
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 7 September 1994
10 m awayRef 1994373404090
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Baotian BT 49
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- 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 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Baotian BT 49)
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 2011370219011 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 2011.