Serious A11 crash in Norwich on 23 April 2019 at 12:41 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A11 in Norwich at 12:41 on Tuesday 23 April 2019. The 25-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Apr 2019
- Tuesday, 12:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR125R and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61872, longitude 1.28064, in the NR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town Close, Norwich, NR2 2AX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019360836206
- Council area
- Norwich
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1989.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A11 in Norwich, 24 October 1989
1 m awayRef 1989360012439
Serious
Car crash on the A11 in Norwich, 9 May 1991
1 m awayRef 1991360010962
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A11 in Norwich, 2 November 1995
1 m awayRef 199536T950725
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A11 in Norwich, 17 May 2010
1 m awayRef 2010360056614
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A11 in Norwich, 29 January 2010
1 m awayRef 2010360055451
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A11 in Norwich, 11 November 2024
3 m awayRef 2024361548804
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2019360836206 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 2019.