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Serious A694 crash in Gateshead on 21 September 1992 at 13:40 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A694 in Gateshead at 13:40 on Monday 21 September 1992. The 26-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Sep 1992
Monday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94923, longitude -1.70161, in the NE21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199210D317992
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
694
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 199210D317992 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 1992.