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Serious B1314 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 19 July 1997 at 23:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi

A Vauxhall Cavalier taxi hit a pedestrian on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 23:30 on Saturday 19 July 1997. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jul 1997
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97706, longitude -1.57236, in the NE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710E057097
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1314
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 199710E057097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 1997.