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A188 crash in North Tyneside on 6 December 1982 at 16:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A188 in North Tyneside at 16:00 on Monday 6 December 1982. The 24-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1982
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.02482, longitude -1.58624, in the NE12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198210C326382
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
188
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
189

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 19 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 198210C326382 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 1982.