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Serious A190 crash in Northumberland on 9 March 1979 at 12:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A190 in Northumberland at 12:00 on Friday 9 March 1979. The 43-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 1979
Friday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.08589, longitude -1.48222, in the NE26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaton Sluice.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197910B006479
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
190
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
193

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 197910B006479 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.