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Unclassified road crash in Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 on 24 February 2003 at 07:40 involving a Peugeot 206

A Peugeot 206 and a Gilera Runner motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle upon Tyne at 07:40 on Monday 24 February 2003. The 25-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 2003
Monday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 206 and Gilera Runner
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.99395, longitude -1.76176, in the NE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Throckley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 9BT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003100172603
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

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
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 26 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Gilera Runner

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Runner)

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 2003100172603 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2003.