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Serious B1342 crash in Northumberland on 3 August 2024 at 10:00 involving a Yamaha FZ motorcycle

A Yamaha FZ motorcycle crashed on the B1342 in Northumberland at 10:00 on Saturday 3 August 2024. The 25-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Aug 2024
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha FZ
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59584, longitude -1.77315, in the NE70 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024101475558
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1342
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Unclassified

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

Serious injury band
Very 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZ

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZ)

    Serious injury band
    Very 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 2024101475558 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 2024.