B1298 crash in South Tyneside on 13 March 2008 at 15:50 involving a Transbus Int
A car and a Transbus Int were involved in a crash on the B1298 in South Tyneside at 15:50 on Thursday 13 March 2008. An 11-year-old female pedestrian hit by the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2008
- Thursday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Transbus Int
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97106, longitude -1.43963, in the NE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Shields. It is one of the crashes that make up the Biddick & All Saints, South Tyneside, NE33 4RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008100185508
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1298
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2011.
Slight
MAN crash on the B1298 in South Tyneside, 29 July 2011
At the same spotRef 2011100428711
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the B1298 in South Tyneside, 15 January 2009
At the same spotRef 2009100029009
Fatal
Citroen C15 crash on the B1298 in South Tyneside, 2 February 1990
At the same spotRef 199010E101990
Slight
Dennis crash on the B1298 in South Tyneside, 1 August 2008
At the same spotRef 2008100536508
Serious
Bristol (BLMC) crash on the B1298 in South Tyneside, 14 December 1991
At the same spotRef 199110E119691
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1298 in South Tyneside, 4 March 2012
3 m awayRef 2012100129012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Vehicle 2: Transbus Int
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- 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 2008100185508 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2008.