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Serious A1148 crash in North Tyneside on 9 March 2007 at 15:00 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class and a Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1148 in North Tyneside at 15:00 on Friday 9 March 2007. The 16-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 2007
Friday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes A Class and Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.04546, longitude -1.47865, in the NE25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitley Bay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Monkseaton, North Tyneside, NE25 8ER area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007100166707
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1148
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,689 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox)

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 2007100166707 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Tyneside road accident statistics for 2007.