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Serious A69 crash in Gateshead on 27 December 1990 at 20:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A69 in Gateshead at 20:40 on Thursday 27 December 1990. The 33-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 1990
Thursday, 20:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91132, longitude -1.58553, in the NE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199010D130590
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 May 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, 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 199010D130590 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 1990.