B6918 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 8 April 2017 at 14:40 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B6918 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 14:40 on Saturday 8 April 2017. The 18-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00803, longitude -1.67005, in the NE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3YB 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
- 2017100198191
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6918
- 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
- C
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2000.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B6918 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 August 2000
8 m awayRef 200010G295500
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the B6918 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 30 May 1999
8 m awayRef 199910G198399
Slight
Car crash on the A696 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 May 1985
12 m awayRef 198510B506185
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Newcastle upon Tyne, 29 December 2001
12 m awayRef 200110G497601
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B6918 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 October 2007
14 m awayRef 2007100757307
Slight
Honda crash on the B6918 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 30 March 1996
14 m awayRef 199610G021396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 18, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2017100198191 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 2017.