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Serious unclassified road crash in Gateshead NE10 on 19 November 1985 at 10:25 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Gateshead at 10:25 on Tuesday 19 November 1985. An 83-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Nov 1985
Tuesday, 10:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94809, longitude -1.56361, in the NE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198510D213085
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 1990.

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
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 198510D213085 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 1985.