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B1334 crash in Northumberland on 6 September 1997 at 16:55 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1334 in Northumberland at 16:55 on Saturday 6 September 1997. The 87-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Sep 1997
Saturday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.18272, longitude -1.51645, in the NE64 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710C039697
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1334
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    87 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 87, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199710C039697 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 1997.