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Unclassified road crash in Gateshead NE10 on 4 March 2004 at 08:45 involving a Volkswagen Bora

A Volkswagen Bora and a Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead at 08:45 on Thursday 4 March 2004. The 43-year-old male rider of the Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle and a 14-year-old female passenger on the Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 2004
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Bora and Piaggio New Skipper
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94587, longitude -1.56471, in the NE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0PQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004100190304
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
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio New Skipper

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio New Skipper)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio New Skipper)

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 2004100190304 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 2004.