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Serious B6320 crash in Northumberland on 25 July 1998 at 16:30 involving a Honda VFR800F motorcycle

A Honda VFR800F motorcycle crashed on the B6320 in Northumberland at 16:30 on Saturday 25 July 1998. The 44-year-old male rider 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
25 Jul 1998
Saturday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Honda VFR800F
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.1888, longitude -2.25488, in the NE48 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810B013998
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6320
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, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800F)

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 199810B013998 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 1998.