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Serious unclassified road crash in North Tyneside NE28 on 12 October 1998 at 16:18 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus crashed on an unclassified road in North Tyneside at 16:18 on Monday 12 October 1998. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Oct 1998
Monday, 16:18
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
6
1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00881, longitude -1.5087, in the NE28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallsend.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810I040098
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 7 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    10,450 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 86, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199810I040098 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.