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Unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE23 on 13 December 1987 at 17:40 involving a minibus

A minibus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 17:40 on Sunday 13 December 1987. The 28-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 1987
Sunday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Minibus and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.08743, longitude -1.60424, in the NE23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198710C519787
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1172

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198710C519787 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 1987.