Ryan Mark Charlton, 23, from the Low Fell area of Gateshead, died after the crash on the A1 in the early hours of 19 April.
A 31-year-old man, of Cambridge Road in Middlesbrough, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at an accident.
He will appear before Gateshead Magistrates' Court on 29 October.
A driver has been charged after a man died when the car he was travelling in overturned near the Angel of the North.