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Serious B6309 crash in Northumberland on 23 September 1979 at 13:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B6309 in Northumberland at 13:00 on Sunday 23 September 1979. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 1979
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00877, longitude -1.89912, in the NE18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197910A050679
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6309
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6318

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 197910A050679 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Northumberland road accident statistics for 1979.