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Serious A183 crash in South Tyneside on 17 October 1981 at 19:34 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A183 in South Tyneside at 19:34 on Saturday 17 October 1981. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Oct 1981
Saturday, 19:34
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00079, longitude -1.4225, in the NE33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198110G034281
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
183
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198110G034281 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 1981.