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Serious A696 crash in Northumberland on 2 April 1995 at 12:40 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A696 in Northumberland at 12:40 on Sunday 2 April 1995. The 27-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Apr 1995
Sunday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.86493, longitude -2.36641, in the NE47 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199510B006695
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
696
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 25 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    908 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 199510B006695 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 1995.