A697 crash in Northumberland on 15 July 2023 at 09:45 involving a Yamaha XJR motorcycle
A Yamaha XJR motorcycle and a BMW 2 Series were involved in a crash on the A697 in Northumberland at 09:45 on Saturday 15 July 2023. The 30-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XJR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2023
- Saturday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha XJR and BMW 2 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.55027, longitude -2.01341, in the NE71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wooler.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023101330575
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 697
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6525
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2015.
Slight
Scania crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 23 January 2015
2 m awayRef 2015100045115
Slight
MAN crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 6 June 1997
3 m awayRef 199710A007797
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 1 November 1998
3 m awayRef 199810A019598
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 17 February 2020
6 m awayRef 2020100933557
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 7 February 1994
8 m awayRef 199410A001494
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B6525 in Northumberland, 1 December 2021
12 m awayRef 2021101148583
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XJR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XJR)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023101330575 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.