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Serious C road crash in Gateshead NE10 on 15 January 2001 at 17:18 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on a C road in Gateshead at 17:18 on Monday 15 January 2001. A 38-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jan 2001
Monday, 17:18
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94053, longitude -1.58069, in the NE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deckham, Gateshead, NE10 9TA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200110J017201
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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 1 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200110J017201 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gateshead road accident statistics for 2001.