A147 crash in Norwich on 25 July 2019 at 14:40 involving a Honda MSX125 motorcycle
A Honda MSX125 motorcycle and a Volvo XC70 were involved in a crash on the A147 in Norwich at 14:40 on Thursday 25 July 2019. The 18-year-old male rider of the Honda MSX125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2019
- Thursday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda MSX125 and Volvo XC70
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63565, longitude 1.30649, in the NR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, NR1 4FB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019360879519
- 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
- 147
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 1999.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A147 in Norwich, 12 May 1999
3 m awayRef 199936N990707
Slight
Car crash on the A147 in Norwich, 21 May 2001
11 m awayRef 200136N010952
Serious
Honda CB600F crash on the A147 in Norwich, 14 December 2012
11 m awayRef 2012360068388
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A147 in Norwich, 15 June 2011
11 m awayRef 2011360061645
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A147 in Norwich, 1 October 2003
13 m awayRef 2003360018984
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A147 in Norwich, 14 December 1994
13 m awayRef 199436T949416
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda MSX125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda MSX125)
- 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 2019360879519 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.