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Serious A1156 crash in Ipswich on 30 August 2015 at 22:30 involving a Honda NSC50WH motorcycle

A Honda NSC50WH motorcycle and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 22:30 on Sunday 30 August 2015. The 16-year-old female rider of the Honda NSC50WH motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Aug 2015
Sunday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Honda NSC50WH and Fiat 500
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08133, longitude 1.12441, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitehouse, Ipswich, IP1 5LT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201537EA93499
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1156
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 2 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NSC50WH

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    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
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NSC50WH)

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 201537EA93499 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2015.