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Serious A692 crash in Gateshead on 20 June 1982 at 00:48 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A692 in Gateshead at 00:48 on Sunday 20 June 1982. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jun 1982
Sunday, 00:48
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
5
1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91408, longitude -1.69657, in the NE16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198210D308282
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
692
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198210D308282 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 1982.