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Serious B1291 crash in Sunderland on 22 December 1982 at 13:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B1291 in Sunderland at 13:00 on Wednesday 22 December 1982. An 89-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1982
Wednesday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92917, longitude -1.38498, in the SR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198210F316082
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1291
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 24 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 89, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 198210F316082 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 1982.