Skip to main content
CrashStats

A186 crash in North Tyneside on 24 December 1997 at 13:40 involving a Scania

A Scania, a Nissan Bluebird and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A186 in North Tyneside at 13:40 on Wednesday 24 December 1997. The 50-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Bluebird were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 13:40
Vehicles
3
Scania and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00266, longitude -1.54582, in the NE28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallsend.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710I053397
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
186
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,193 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

    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 199710I053397 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.