A190 crash in Northumberland on 3 December 2011 at 20:10 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle
A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle crashed on the A190 in Northumberland at 20:10 on Saturday 3 December 2011. The 36-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2011
- Saturday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Piaggio Vespa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.086, longitude -1.48157, in the NE26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hartley, Northumberland, NE26 4HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011100723711
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 190
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 193
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 August 2018.
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 22 August 2018
4 m awayRef 2018100321058
Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 11 May 2006
10 m awayRef 2006100324706
Slight
Lexus UX 250 crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 19 August 2025
15 m awayRef 2025101631660
Serious
Mini One crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 16 February 2021
17 m awayRef 2021101022114
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 17 November 1985
41 m awayRef 198510C515285
Slight
Car crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 21 October 1980
41 m awayRef 198010B031480
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)
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 2011100723711 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.