Serious A698 crash in Northumberland on 20 April 2018 at 14:05 involving a Honda CB600F motorcycle
A Honda CB600F motorcycle crashed on the A698 in Northumberland at 14:05 on Friday 20 April 2018. The 45-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Apr 2018
- Friday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda CB600F
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67604, longitude -2.19443, in the TD12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018100286296
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 698
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 31 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 November 2012.
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the A698 in Northumberland, 2 November 2012
31 m awayRef 2012100598712
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A698 in Northumberland, 10 July 1991
34 m awayRef 199110A213491
Slight
Car crash on the A698 in Northumberland, 6 January 2025
38 m awayRef 2025101538965
Serious
Car crash on the A698 in Northumberland, 11 November 1987
40 m awayRef 198710A219387
Serious
Leyland DAF FTG 95XF crash on the A698 in Northumberland, 2 September 2002
276 m awayRef 2002100171802
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Northumberland, 2 August 2008
286 m awayRef 2008100542708
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda CB600F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB600F)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018100286296 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 2018.