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Serious A193 crash in North Tyneside on 20 December 2002 at 08:00 involving a Skoda Felicia

A Skoda Felicia hit a pedestrian on the A193 in North Tyneside at 08:00 on Friday 20 December 2002. A 78-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
20 Dec 2002
Friday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Skoda Felicia
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.00949, longitude -1.45238, in the NE29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tynemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Shields, North Tyneside, NE29 0DQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002100577302
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
193
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 21 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Felicia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Felicia)

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

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 2002100577302 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 2002.