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A181 crash in County Durham on 3 January 2001 at 05:50 involving a Honda SGX50 motorcycle

A Honda SGX50 motorcycle crashed on the A181 in County Durham at 05:50 on Wednesday 3 January 2001. The 50-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 2001
Wednesday, 05:50
Vehicles
1
Honda SGX50
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.77437, longitude -1.53096, in the DH1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 2SE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200111BD00940
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
181
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1283

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SGX50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SGX50)

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 200111BD00940 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 2001.