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Serious A147 crash in Norwich on 11 August 2013 at 13:45 involving a Suzuki VL 125 motorcycle

A Suzuki VL 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A147 in Norwich at 13:45 on Sunday 11 August 2013. The 23-year-old female rider of the Suzuki VL 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Aug 2013
Sunday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Suzuki VL 125 and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62576, longitude 1.28786, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013360073746
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
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

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 27 March 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki VL 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki VL 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 2013360073746 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 2013.