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Serious A69 crash in Gateshead on 20 January 1980 at 13:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A69 in Gateshead at 13:15 on Sunday 20 January 1980. The 15-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jan 1980
Sunday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96186, longitude -1.68543, in the NE16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blaydon.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198010F003280
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
69
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198010F003280 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gateshead road accident statistics for 1980.