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C road crash in Gateshead NE10 on 21 September 2018 at 15:30 involving a Scania bus

A car and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 15:30 on Friday 21 September 2018. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Scania bus, a 30-year-old female passenger in the Scania bus and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Scania bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 2018
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Scania
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94568, longitude -1.57397, in the NE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deckham, Gateshead, NE10 9TA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018100329863
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 2018100329863 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 2018.