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Serious C road crash in Newcastle upon Tyne NE5 on 24 November 1980 at 16:07 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Newcastle upon Tyne at 16:07 on Monday 24 November 1980. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Nov 1980
Monday, 16:07
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9887, longitude -1.71164, in the NE5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198010E060180
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, 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 198010E060180 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 1980.