Unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE65 on 16 May 2011 at 16:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A motorcycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 16:20 on Monday 16 May 2011. The 40-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2011
- Monday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.33051, longitude -1.57343, in the NE65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Amble. It is one of the crashes that make up the Amble, Northumberland, NE65 0EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011100283111
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 25 October 1994
51 m awayRef 199410A014494
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 24 July 1982
67 m awayRef 198210A211782
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 15 August 1987
81 m awayRef 198710A213287
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 7 March 1998
126 m awayRef 199810A003498
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 8 May 2002
140 m awayRef 200210A169402
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 14 November 1996
142 m awayRef 199610A017396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, 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 2011100283111 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 2011.