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Unclassified road crash in Gateshead NE16 on 26 December 2013 at 13:25 involving a Citroen Berlingo van

A Citroen Berlingo van and a mobility scooter were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead at 13:25 on Thursday 26 December 2013. The 84-year-old male rider of the mobility scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 2013
Thursday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Citroen Berlingo and mobility scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94585, longitude -1.68043, in the NE16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whickham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whickham North & Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 4LX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013100718113
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6317

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 84, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 2 (Mobility scooter)

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 2013100718113 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gateshead road accident statistics for 2013.