Serious A1058 crash in North Tyneside on 1 September 1981 at 17:21 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A1058 in North Tyneside at 17:21 on Tuesday 1 September 1981. A 30-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 52-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Sep 1981
- Tuesday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00648, longitude -1.51044, in the NE28 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198110C040781
- Council area
- North Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1058
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2019.
Slight
Alfa Romeo GT crash on the A1058 in North Tyneside, 12 March 2019
13 m awayRef 2019100823921
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1058 in North Tyneside, 1 March 2017
13 m awayRef 2017100160138
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A1058 in North Tyneside, 14 May 1996
14 m awayRef 199610I017996
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1058 in North Tyneside, 31 August 2005
20 m awayRef 2005100664905
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1058 in North Tyneside, 12 February 2003
22 m awayRef 2003100133303
Slight
Metrocab Metrocab crash on the A1058 in North Tyneside, 15 December 2000
22 m awayRef 200010I493200
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat 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 198110C040781 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.