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Serious A6081 crash in Gateshead on 22 February 1980 at 14:45 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter hit a pedestrian on the A6081 in Gateshead at 14:45 on Friday 22 February 1980. A 73-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Feb 1980
Friday, 14:45
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95077, longitude -1.64009, in the NE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198010F009580
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6081
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 23 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198010F009580 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 1980.