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Serious A6089 crash in Gateshead on 13 June 1981 at 11:10 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A6089 in Gateshead at 11:10 on Saturday 13 June 1981. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jun 1981
Saturday, 11:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95379, longitude -1.60196, in the NE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198110F026581
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6089
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

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

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 198110F026581 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 1981.