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B1318 crash in North Tyneside on 31 January 1998 at 08:05 involving a DAF Trucks bus

A DAF Trucks bus and a car were involved in a crash on the B1318 in North Tyneside at 08:05 on Saturday 31 January 1998. A 33-year-old female passenger in the DAF Trucks bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 1998
Saturday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.05002, longitude -1.62527, in the NE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wideopen.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810G008798
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1318
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 199810G008798 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 1998.