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C road crash in Gateshead NE8 on 2 May 2003 at 16:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on a C road in Gateshead at 16:50 on Friday 2 May 2003. A 30-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 May 2003
Friday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94954, longitude -1.61542, in the NE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunston, Teams & Riverside, Gateshead, NE8 2XY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003100383003
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 2003100383003 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 2003.