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A186 crash in North Tyneside on 15 June 1979 at 07:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A186 in North Tyneside at 07:20 on Friday 15 June 1979. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jun 1979
Friday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.03757, longitude -1.50928, in the NE27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shiremoor.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197910C023979
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
186
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 197910C023979 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Tyneside road accident statistics for 1979.