A194 crash in South Tyneside on 16 February 2003 at 07:30 involving a Ford KA
A motorcycle and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A194 in South Tyneside at 07:30 on Sunday 16 February 2003. The 47-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2003
- Sunday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97854, longitude -1.4453, in the NE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Shields. It is one of the crashes that make up the Biddick & All Saints, South Tyneside, NE33 4RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100150203
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 194
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 1983.
Slight
Van crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 31 August 1983
10 m awayRef 198310E112083
Slight
Car crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 21 September 1981
14 m awayRef 198110G030781
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 12 September 2025
15 m awayRef 2025101646009
Slight
Car crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 13 March 1987
20 m awayRef 198710E104387
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 6 February 1993
30 m awayRef 199310E102093
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 25 September 1991
32 m awayRef 199110E115391
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (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 2003100150203 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2003.