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A189 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 10 October 1979 at 09:20 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 09:20 on Wednesday 10 October 1979. A 62-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach and a 36-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1979
Wednesday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00673, longitude -1.60269, in the NE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197910E054479
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
189
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
191

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 197910E054479 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 1979.