Unclassified road crash in West Suffolk CB8 on 1 December 2018 at 18:14 involving a Lexmoto FMS 125 motorcycle
A Lexmoto FMS 125 motorcycle and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk at 18:14 on Saturday 1 December 2018. The 25-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto FMS 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2018
- Saturday, 18:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexmoto FMS 125 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25907, longitude 0.39346, in the CB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newmarket. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newmarket North, West Suffolk, CB8 7AZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018370352709
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 69 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1998.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 27 July 1998
69 m awayRef 199837B003832
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 3 February 2001
77 m awayRef 200137B010191
Fatal
Kawasaki crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 5 August 2012
80 m awayRef 2012370312112
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 25 August 2012
80 m awayRef 2012370340012
Serious
Yamaha YZF R6 crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 8 July 2007
85 m awayRef 200737B028331
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 11 January 2011
92 m awayRef 2011370015311
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto FMS 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto FMS 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018370352709 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2018.