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Serious unclassified road crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk PE30 on 16 December 2017 at 17:09 involving a Ford Focus

A motorcycle, a Ford Focus and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 17:09 on Saturday 16 December 2017. The 21-year-old male rider of the 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
16 Dec 2017
Saturday, 17:09
Vehicles
3
Ford Focus and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7659, longitude 0.41276, in the PE30 postcode district and within the built-up area of King's Lynn. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Lynn, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 2NQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017360259678
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle, engine size unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (engine size unknown), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

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 2017360259678 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk road accident statistics for 2017.