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B1516 crash in South Tyneside on 5 October 1998 at 08:00 involving a Proton Persona Compact

A Proton Persona Compact and an Austin Mini were involved in a crash on the B1516 in South Tyneside at 08:00 on Monday 5 October 1998. The 59-year-old female driver of the Proton Persona Compact and the 35-year-old female driver of the Austin Mini were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 1998
Monday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Proton Persona Compact and Austin Mini
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96705, longitude -1.49281, in the NE32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Jarrow.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810L033798
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1516
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Persona Compact

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Proton Persona Compact)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Mini)

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 199810L033798 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 1998.