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B1315 crash in North Tyneside on 28 January 2001 at 17:23 involving a Citroen AX

A Citroen AX and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the B1315 in North Tyneside at 17:23 on Sunday 28 January 2001. The 29-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX1 and a 19-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 2001
Sunday, 17:23
Vehicles
2
Citroen AX and London Taxis Int. TX1
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.99788, longitude -1.51085, in the NE28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wallsend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wallsend Central, North Tyneside, NE28 6TR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200110I040201
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1315
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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 6 February 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX1

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 200110I040201 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 2001.