Serious B6344 crash in Northumberland on 13 July 2008 at 16:50 involving a Suzuki SX4
A motorcycle and a Suzuki SX4 were involved in a crash on the B6344 in Northumberland at 16:50 on Sunday 13 July 2008. The 32-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Jul 2008
- Sunday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Suzuki SX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.29829, longitude -1.862, in the NE65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008100473108
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6344
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1996.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 12 August 1996
22 m awayRef 199610A011796
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 30 August 2016
38 m awayRef 2016100100209
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 20 March 2002
41 m awayRef 200210A107502
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 5 July 2020
50 m awayRef 2020100962213
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 28 August 2003
67 m awayRef 2003100736603
Slight
Car crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 27 June 1982
81 m awayRef 198210A209882
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2008100473108 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 2008.