A193 crash in Northumberland on 18 December 2015 at 16:31 involving a Ford Focus
A bicycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A193 in Northumberland at 16:31 on Friday 18 December 2015. The 12-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2015
- Friday, 16:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.12349, longitude -1.51566, in the NE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blyth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Croft, Northumberland, NE24 2LP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100801715
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 193
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 1991.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 28 April 1991
10 m awayRef 199110C507391
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 22 September 1993
10 m awayRef 199310C516193
Slight
Skoda Rapid crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 14 September 1993
10 m awayRef 199310C514393
Slight
Car crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 28 October 1988
11 m awayRef 198810C517088
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 28 November 2001
13 m awayRef 200110C451801
Slight
Bus crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 28 February 2025
15 m awayRef 2025101560410
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 12, 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 2015100801715 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 2015.