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Serious unclassified road crash in East Suffolk NR33 on 30 July 2015 at 23:10 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza and a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk at 23:10 on Thursday 30 July 2015. The 20-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jul 2015
Thursday, 23:10
Vehicles
2
Seat Ibiza and Yamaha Ybr 125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45704, longitude 1.70671, in the NR33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lowestoft. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carlton & Whitton, East Suffolk, NR33 8PU area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201537EA92392
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

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
Dark, street lights lit
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha Ybr 125

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), 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 201537EA92392 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2015.