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A189 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 30 July 2015 at 08:00 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle

A Honda CBF125M motorcycle crashed on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 08:00 on Thursday 30 July 2015. The 42-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jul 2015
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Honda CBF125M
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.99519, longitude -1.62789, in the NE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 4YE 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
2015100481715
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
189
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)

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 2015100481715 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.