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B6315 crash in Gateshead on 24 October 1992 at 00:30 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego crashed on the B6315 in Gateshead at 00:30 on Saturday 24 October 1992. A 21-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1992
Saturday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92873, longitude -1.78338, in the NE39 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199210D320192
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6315
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 8 March 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 199210D320192 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 1992.