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Serious B1322 crash in North Tyneside on 4 July 1998 at 11:55 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B1322 in North Tyneside at 11:55 on Saturday 4 July 1998. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jul 1998
Saturday, 11:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.04322, longitude -1.52925, in the NE27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Backworth.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810H027498
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1322
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199810H027498 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.