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Serious A184 crash in Gateshead on 28 December 1997 at 10:04 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion hit a pedestrian on the A184 in Gateshead at 10:04 on Sunday 28 December 1997. The 38-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 48-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 1997
Sunday, 10:04
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94748, longitude -1.54457, in the NE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710J075797
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
184
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199710J075797 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 1997.