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Serious B1297 crash in South Tyneside on 26 April 1983 at 13:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1297 in South Tyneside at 13:00 on Tuesday 26 April 1983. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 1983
Tuesday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9816, longitude -1.49106, in the NE32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Jarrow.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198310E207583
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1297
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 October 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198310E207583 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 1983.