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Serious A1 crash in Gateshead on 12 August 2000 at 12:42 involving a Honda CBR900RR motorcycle

A Honda CBR900RR motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A1 in Gateshead at 12:42 on Saturday 12 August 2000. The 38-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR900RR 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
12 Aug 2000
Saturday, 12:42
Vehicles
2
Honda CBR900RR and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92864, longitude -1.62748, in the NE11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200010K318700
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR900RR

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    918 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR900RR)

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 200010K318700 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 2000.