A186 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 22 July 2015 at 13:39 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A bicycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 13:39 on Wednesday 22 July 2015. The 27-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2015
- Wednesday, 13:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97658, longitude -1.66007, in the NE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100425515
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 186
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2021.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 February 2021
1 m awayRef 2021101018948
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 10 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025101639868
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1 May 1998
6 m awayRef 199810F036298
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 February 2010
6 m awayRef 2010100125510
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 6 December 2021
6 m awayRef 2021101118602
Serious
Bus crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 October 2018
7 m awayRef 2018100332513
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 27, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2015100425515 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2015.