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Serious A1078 crash in King's Lynn and West Norfolk on 21 December 2020 at 16:00 involving an electric motorcycle

An electric motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A1078 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk at 16:00 on Monday 21 December 2020. The 40-year-old male rider of the electric motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2020
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Electric motorcycle and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.76243, longitude 0.39953, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020361013904
Council area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1078
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit

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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Electric motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, e-scooter or powered transporter user, on vehicle 1 (Electric motorcycle)

    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 2020361013904 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 2020.