A191 crash in North Tyneside on 27 November 2018 at 08:52 involving a Volvo bus
A car and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A191 in North Tyneside at 08:52 on Tuesday 27 November 2018. A 51-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 2018
- Tuesday, 08:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.02951, longitude -1.51248, in the NE27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tynemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shiremoor, North Tyneside, NE27 0BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018100347958
- Council area
- North Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 191
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 14 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025101693272
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 9 September 2014
52 m awayRef 2014100555514
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 14 January 1990
76 m awayRef 199010C200590
Slight
Car crash on the B1322 in North Tyneside, 28 July 1981
83 m awayRef 198110C033681
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 13 October 2011
88 m awayRef 2011100640211
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 27 June 2005
98 m awayRef 2005100481505
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2018100347958 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Tyneside road accident statistics for 2018.