A149 crash in North Norfolk on 25 May 2020 at 14:11 involving a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle
Four vehicles, including a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle and a BMW S 1000 motorcycle, were involved in a crash on the A149 in North Norfolk at 14:11 on Monday 25 May 2020. The 30-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle and the 45-year-old male rider of the BMW S 1000 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2020
- Monday, 14:11
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki GSXR 750 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96009, longitude 0.78313, in the NR23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Norfolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020360954080
- Council area
- North Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Norfolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 27 March 2005
6 m awayRef 2005360028472
Serious
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 18 July 2016
8 m awayRef 2016360094299
Slight
Harley-Davidson 1200 Custom crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 15 June 2008
11 m awayRef 200836T080125
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 29 August 2000
11 m awayRef 200036K001234
Serious
Kawasaki ZX1100 crash on the A149 in North Norfolk, 19 September 1998
11 m awayRef 199836K981210
Serious
Honda crash on the A149 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 23 August 1992
18 m awayRef 1992360051336
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 750
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW S 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Kawasaki ZX636
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 636 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 750)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (BMW S 1000)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020360954080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Norfolk road accident statistics for 2020.