A197 crash in Northumberland on 19 April 2016 at 16:16 involving a Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle
A Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle and two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A197 in Northumberland at 16:16 on Tuesday 19 April 2016. The 54-year-old male cyclist and the 53-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2016
- Tuesday, 16:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Massey Ferguson and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.17473, longitude -1.674, in the NE61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100059510
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 197
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 January 1983.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A197 in Northumberland, 15 January 1983
15 m awayRef 198310A100583
Fatal
Car crash on the A197 in Northumberland, 4 October 1986
15 m awayRef 198610A112086
Serious
Car crash on the A197 in Northumberland, 9 December 1983
54 m awayRef 198310A116083
Slight
Alfa Romeo 75 crash on the A197 in Northumberland, 19 October 1999
58 m awayRef 199910C391699
Slight
Car crash on the A197 in Northumberland, 2 March 1981
64 m awayRef 198110A008381
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A197 in Northumberland, 3 September 2001
72 m awayRef 200110C325101
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Massey Ferguson
Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 41 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 54, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 53, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016100059510 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 2016.