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Serious A1231 crash in Sunderland on 11 October 1986 at 23:35 involving a minibus

A minibus hit a pedestrian on the A1231 in Sunderland at 23:35 on Saturday 11 October 1986. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Oct 1986
Saturday, 23:35
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90617, longitude -1.48452, in the SR5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198610F416486
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1231
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
1231

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 198610F416486 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 1986.