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Serious unclassified road crash in County Durham DH8 on 16 September 2025 at 19:30 involving a Keeway RKS 125 motorcycle

A Keeway RKS 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in County Durham at 19:30 on Tuesday 16 September 2025. The 19-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Sep 2025
Tuesday, 19:30
Vehicles
1
Keeway RKS 125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.80289, longitude -1.97012, in the DH8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025111642619
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 315 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Keeway RKS 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Keeway RKS 125)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025111642619 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 2025.