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B143 crash in North Tyneside on 22 September 1992 at 11:17 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Bedford bus were involved in a crash on the B143 in North Tyneside at 11:17 on Tuesday 22 September 1992. The 78-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro, the 62-year-old male driver of the Bedford bus and a 40-year-old female passenger in the Bedford bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Sep 1992
Tuesday, 11:17
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Bedford
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00945, longitude -1.44927, in the NE29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tynemouth.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199210C111492
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
143
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Raining, 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 13 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199210C111492 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Tyneside road accident statistics for 1992.