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A688 crash in County Durham on 7 May 2006 at 13:30 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A688 in County Durham at 13:30 on Sunday 7 May 2006. The 57-year-old male rider 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
7 May 2006
Sunday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.63179, longitude -1.72113, in the DL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Auckland. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Auckland, County Durham, DL14 9JG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200611AA12130
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
688
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
68

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
Special conditions at the site
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    535 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 200611AA12130 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 2006.