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Serious A690 crash in Sunderland on 26 February 1990 at 19:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Honda MBX125FE motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A690 in Sunderland at 19:00 on Monday 26 February 1990. The 18-year-old male rider of the Honda MBX125FE motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 1990
Monday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Honda MBX125FE
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88505, longitude -1.42244, in the SR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199010F203790
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
690
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda MBX125FE

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda MBX125FE)

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 199010F203790 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 1990.