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A189 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 6 April 1998 at 23:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 23:55 on Monday 6 April 1998. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 1998
Monday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96833, longitude -1.62197, in the NE1 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810D027498
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
189
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 7 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 199810D027498 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 1998.