Serious C road crash in North Tyneside NE29 on 24 December 1981 at 14:30 involving a van
A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in North Tyneside at 14:30 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Dec 1981
- Thursday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00833, longitude -1.47915, in the NE29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tynemouth.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198110C060181
- Council area
- North Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in North Tyneside, 18 June 1994
At the same spotRef 199410H010794
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in North Tyneside, 11 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199910H434999
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on an unclassified road in North Tyneside, 11 April 2025
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Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in North Tyneside, 2 November 2004
10 m awayRef 2004100897304
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on a C road in North Tyneside, 1 July 1993
10 m awayRef 199310C106493
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on a C road in North Tyneside, 14 February 1995
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198110C060181 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.