A694 crash in Gateshead on 3 October 2011 at 13:50 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A694 in Gateshead at 13:50 on Monday 3 October 2011. The 40-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2011
- Monday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Kawasaki KMX125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92759, longitude -1.73922, in the NE39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rowlands Gill.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011100569311
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 694
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 31 December 2009
At the same spotRef 2009100912909
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 28 November 1997
At the same spotRef 199710K070997
Fatal
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 4 May 2023
8 m awayRef 2023101317260
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 1 October 2000
10 m awayRef 200010K365700
Slight
Volvo crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 22 January 2001
10 m awayRef 200110K026201
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 16 October 2001
10 m awayRef 200110K380301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki KMX125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki KMX125)
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 2011100569311 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 2011.