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B1078 crash in Mid Suffolk on 1 January 2024 at 13:40 involving a Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle

A vehicle and a Suzuki GZ 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk at 13:40 on Monday 1 January 2024. The 17-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GZ 125 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
1 Jan 2024
Monday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Vehicle and Suzuki GZ 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15018, longitude 1.05871, in the IP6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Needham Market. It is one of the crashes that make up the Needham Market, Mid Suffolk, IP6 8AZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024371403760
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1078
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GZ 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GZ 125)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

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 2024371403760 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2024.