A1068 crash in Northumberland on 29 April 2005 at 10:11 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307, a Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 10:11 on Friday 29 April 2005. The 43-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2005
- Friday, 10:11
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 307 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.13183, longitude -1.59971, in the NE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedlington Central, Northumberland, NE22 5UA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005100324305
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1068
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 1994.
Slight
Honda VT250F crash on the B1068 in Northumberland, 17 May 1994
At the same spotRef 199410C020794
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 12 March 2025
7 m awayRef 2025101564853
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 18 December 2022
8 m awayRef 2022101255354
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 18 January 2013
13 m awayRef 2013100044813
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 6 April 2024
21 m awayRef 2024101428805
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 23 February 1990
30 m awayRef 199010A601990
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ER500
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ER500)
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 2005100324305 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 2005.