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B1318 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 21 October 2004 at 08:25 involving a Rover 75

A Rover 75 hit a pedestrian on the B1318 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 08:25 on Thursday 21 October 2004. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 2004
Thursday, 08:25
Vehicles
1
Rover 75
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.01256, longitude -1.62107, in the NE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fawdon & West Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3AZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004100855404
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1318
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,951 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 75)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2004100855404 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2004.