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Serious unclassified road crash in Gateshead NE8 on 18 June 2001 at 23:00 involving a Malaguti F-15 Firefox motorcycle

A Malaguti F-15 Firefox motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Gateshead at 23:00 on Monday 18 June 2001. The 16-year-old male rider and a 20-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jun 2001
Monday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Malaguti F-15 Firefox
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95278, longitude -1.58791, in the NE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridges, Gateshead, NE8 3NP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200110J217801
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Malaguti F-15 Firefox

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Malaguti F-15 Firefox)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Malaguti F-15 Firefox)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 200110J217801 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 2001.