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B1317 crash in North Tyneside on 12 November 1997 at 09:26 involving a Seat Toledo taxi

A car, a Seat Toledo taxi and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on the B1317 in North Tyneside at 09:26 on Wednesday 12 November 1997. The 35-year-old male driver of the Rover 100 Series, a 9-year-old female passenger in the Seat Toledo taxi and a 13-year-old male passenger in the Seat Toledo taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 1997
Wednesday, 09:26
Vehicles
3
Seat Toledo and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.02285, longitude -1.56155, in the NE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longbenton.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710I047097
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1317
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Toledo

    Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 100 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Toledo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Toledo)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199710I047097 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 1997.