B6318 crash in Northumberland on 11 April 2023 at 13:25 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle
A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle crashed on the B6318 in Northumberland at 13:25 on Tuesday 11 April 2023. The 58-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Apr 2023
- Tuesday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki SV 650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.01308, longitude -2.02247, in the NE45 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023101295481
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6318
- Road type
- Dual 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, 42 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 March 1998.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 21 March 1998
42 m awayRef 199810B004898
Slight
Scania crash on the B6318 in Northumberland, 3 August 2020
42 m awayRef 2020100975086
Slight
Honda CB900F crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 19 April 2009
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Slight
Honda crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 26 September 1997
83 m awayRef 199710B023997
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 30 November 2007
91 m awayRef 2007100862307
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 14 June 2012
94 m awayRef 2012100323012
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)
- 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 2023101295481 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 2023.