Serious A195 crash in Sunderland on 9 September 2024 at 15:25 involving a Toyota Corolla taxi
A Toyota Corolla taxi and a Keeway Superlight motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A195 in Sunderland at 15:25 on Monday 9 September 2024. The 27-year-old male rider of the Keeway Superlight motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Sep 2024
- Monday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Keeway Superlight
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91157, longitude -1.51261, in the NE37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Washington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Washington North, Sunderland, NE37 2EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024101489208
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 195
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1290
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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 March 2021.
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 30 March 2021
5 m awayRef 2021101031847
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 19 October 1999
5 m awayRef 199910O382099
Slight
Car crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 31 May 1989
5 m awayRef 198910F410289
Slight
Volvo crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 15 November 1991
5 m awayRef 199110F427191
Slight
Car crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 31 December 1979
5 m awayRef 197910H003580
Serious
Car crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 21 January 1988
5 m awayRef 198810F401788
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Keeway Superlight
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Keeway Superlight)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024101489208 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 2024.