Serious A1108 crash in North Tyneside on 12 May 2002 at 12:45 involving a Rover 100 Series
A Rover 100 Series and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1108 in North Tyneside at 12:45 on Sunday 12 May 2002. The 49-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 May 2002
- Sunday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 100 Series and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.01404, longitude -1.46608, in the NE29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tynemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chirton & Percy Main, North Tyneside, NE29 7NS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200210H176002
- Council area
- North Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1108
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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 serious injury crash on 2 October 1983.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1108 in North Tyneside, 2 October 1983
10 m awayRef 198310C109683
Slight
Car crash on a C road in North Tyneside, 16 December 1985
14 m awayRef 198510C113585
Slight
Car crash on the A1108 in North Tyneside, 5 December 1985
14 m awayRef 198510C113185
Slight
Car crash on the A1108 in North Tyneside, 20 July 1982
14 m awayRef 198210C108782
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1108 in North Tyneside, 12 November 1999
14 m awayRef 199910H425799
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1108 in North Tyneside, 2 October 1981
14 m awayRef 198110C046381
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200210H176002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Tyneside road accident statistics for 2002.