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Serious B1375 crash in East Suffolk on 24 October 2024 at 12:20 involving a Volkswagen Touran

A Volkswagen Touran and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1375 in East Suffolk at 12:20 on Thursday 24 October 2024. The 73-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 2024
Thursday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Touran and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.49248, longitude 1.71921, in the NR32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lowestoft. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oulton Broad, East Suffolk, NR32 3EB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024371509769
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1375
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1074

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

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,745 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 73, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2024371509769 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2024.