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Serious unclassified road crash in Norwich NR5 on 30 April 2012 at 09:53 involving a Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle

A Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Norwich at 09:53 on Monday 30 April 2012. The 92-year-old female driver of the other vehicle was seriously injured and the 56-year-old female rider of the Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 2012
Monday, 09:53
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GZ 125 and other vehicle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.64014, longitude 1.22595, in the NR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 9AW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012360065487
Council area
Norwich
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GZ 125

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    92 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 92, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GZ 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 2012360065487 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 2012.