Serious B1342 crash in Northumberland on 4 August 2012 at 13:20 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle
A Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle crashed on the B1342 in Northumberland at 13:20 on Saturday 4 August 2012. The 36-year-old male rider 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
- 4 Aug 2012
- Saturday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Kawasaki ZX600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60258, longitude -1.76812, in the NE70 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012100415212
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1342
- 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2004.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the B1342 in Northumberland, 11 April 2004
13 m awayRef 2004100291404
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B1342 in Northumberland, 5 February 1997
13 m awayRef 199710A001797
Slight
Car crash on the B1342 in Northumberland, 2 June 2016
18 m awayRef 2016100071932
Slight
Lorry crash on the B1342 in Northumberland, 19 April 2017
26 m awayRef 2017100175097
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1342 in Northumberland, 5 May 1990
30 m awayRef 199010A208790
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1342 in Northumberland, 3 August 1987
32 m awayRef 198710A212287
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX600
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)
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 2012100415212 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 2012.