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Serious B1316 crash in North Tyneside on 14 February 1981 at 11:13 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the B1316 in North Tyneside at 11:13 on Saturday 14 February 1981. A 72-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Feb 1981
Saturday, 11:13
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.01973, longitude -1.47697, in the NE29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tynemouth.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198110C007481
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1316
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
Zebra crossing

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 28 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 198110C007481 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 1981.