A1042 crash in Norwich on 2 February 2016 at 17:40 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1042 in Norwich at 17:40 on Tuesday 2 February 2016. The 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2016
- Tuesday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Yamaha WR 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65759, longitude 1.28434, in the NR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Catton Grove, Norwich, NR3 3SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016360045308
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1042
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2016.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A1042 in Norwich, 5 September 2016
At the same spotRef 2016360106208
Slight
Yamaha WR 125 crash on the A1042 in Norwich, 15 December 2016
At the same spotRef 2016360142998
Slight
Alfa Romeo Giulietta crash on the A1042 in Norwich, 31 May 2016
At the same spotRef 2016360077428
Slight
Car crash on the A47 in Norwich, 17 April 1986
2 m awayRef 1986360010712
Slight
Car crash on the A47 in Norwich, 31 August 1986
2 m awayRef 1986360011638
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1042 in Norwich, 24 November 2015
4 m awayRef 2015360095652
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha WR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha WR 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016360045308 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 2016.