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B601 crash in Gateshead on 10 May 1979 at 21:00 involving a taxi

A taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B601 in Gateshead at 21:00 on Thursday 10 May 1979. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 May 1979
Thursday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Taxi and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95956, longitude -1.60768, in the NE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197910F021579
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
601
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 197910F021579 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gateshead road accident statistics for 1979.