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A69 crash in Gateshead on 24 December 1981 at 15:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A69 in Gateshead at 15:50 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1981
Thursday, 15:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95618, longitude -1.68142, in the NE16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198110F067681
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
69
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
69

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198110F067681 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.