A6085 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 13 September 2007 at 08:29 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 08:29 on Thursday 13 September 2007. The 32-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Sep 2007
- Thursday, 08:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97306, longitude -1.70174, in the NE15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6UW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007100653407
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6085
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1 September 1982
20 m awayRef 198210B413282
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 November 2022
20 m awayRef 2022101245436
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 June 2010
30 m awayRef 2010100369710
Slight
Car crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 September 1989
32 m awayRef 198910B415789
Serious
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 September 1991
32 m awayRef 199110B412691
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 August 2004
36 m awayRef 2004100648804
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 32, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2007100653407 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2007.