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Serious C road crash in Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 on 15 December 2004 at 16:15 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on a C road in Newcastle upon Tyne at 16:15 on Wednesday 15 December 2004. A 72-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97499, longitude -1.68142, in the NE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6ES area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004101033004
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
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
T or staggered junction
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    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 2004101033004 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.