A186 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 February 2008 at 19:02 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic hit a pedestrian on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 19:02 on Monday 18 February 2008. A 14-year-old female pedestrian 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
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2008
- Monday, 19:02
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96639, longitude -1.54856, in the NE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 3EH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008100120308
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 186
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2021.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 31 May 2021
9 m awayRef 2021101051267
Serious
Car crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 December 1982
10 m awayRef 198210B224882
Slight
Car crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 3 February 1981
10 m awayRef 198110D003581
Slight
Van crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 29 August 1984
10 m awayRef 198410B213084
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 4 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025101679062
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A186 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 March 1992
14 m awayRef 199210B205892
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 2008100120308 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 2008.