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A19 crash in County Durham on 28 June 2007 at 13:15 involving a Yamaha YP 125 R motorcycle

A Yamaha YP 125 R motorcycle crashed on the A19 in County Durham at 13:15 on Thursday 28 June 2007. The 21-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jun 2007
Thursday, 13:15
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YP 125 R
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.78638, longitude -1.36583, in the SR8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Easington & Shotton, County Durham, SR8 3BP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200711BE10910
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YP 125 R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YP 125 R)

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 200711BE10910 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 2007.