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Serious B1307 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 21 December 2012 at 18:10 involving a Skoda Octavia taxi

A Skoda Octavia taxi hit a pedestrian on the B1307 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 18:10 on Friday 21 December 2012. A 48-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2012
Friday, 18:10
Vehicles
1
Skoda Octavia
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97459, longitude -1.61715, in the NE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012100737212
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1307
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 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
Raining, 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

    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 2012100737212 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 2012.