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Serious B6313 crash in County Durham on 5 April 2019 at 11:00 involving a BMW S 1000 motorcycle

A BMW S 1000 motorcycle crashed on the B6313 in County Durham at 11:00 on Friday 5 April 2019. The 50-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 2019
Friday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
BMW S 1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.85521, longitude -1.65249, in the DH9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019110829637
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6313
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 9 metres away, was a fatal crash on 23 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW S 1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW S 1000)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

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 2019110829637 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 2019.