A1042 crash in Norwich on 17 October 2023 at 07:30 involving a Lexmoto LXR motorcycle
A Lexmoto LXR motorcycle and a Volkswagen Scirocco were involved in a crash on the A1042 in Norwich at 07:30 on Tuesday 17 October 2023. The 25-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto LXR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Oct 2023
- Tuesday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexmoto LXR and Volkswagen Scirocco
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65723, longitude 1.27997, in the NR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Catton Grove, Norwich, NR3 3SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Norwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023361363613
- 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
- 1042
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1042 in Norwich, 22 June 2007
1 m awayRef 2007360041975
Serious
Kawasaki KLE650 crash on an unclassified road in Norwich, 12 June 2020
4 m awayRef 2020360958797
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1042 in Norwich, 2 March 2015
4 m awayRef 2015360088612
Serious
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A1042 in Broadland, 17 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025361669861
Slight
Lexmoto Viper 125 crash on the A1042 in Broadland, 14 December 2022
5 m awayRef 2022361253681
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A1042 in Broadland, 11 September 2015
7 m awayRef 2015360093570
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto LXR
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Scirocco
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto LXR)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023361363613 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 2023.