A1018 crash in South Tyneside on 4 March 2019 at 06:20 involving a Wrightbus Streetlite
A Wrightbus Streetlite hit a pedestrian on the A1018 in South Tyneside at 06:20 on Monday 4 March 2019. A 57-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Mar 2019
- Monday, 06:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Wrightbus Streetlite
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97681, longitude -1.41841, in the NE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Shields. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harton, South Tyneside, NE34 6RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019100820394
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
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 serious injury crash on 24 October 2022.
Serious
Volvo XC70 crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 24 October 2022
4 m awayRef 2022101234027
Slight
Honda GLR 125 crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 19 August 2019
4 m awayRef 2019100870161
Slight
Volvo crash on a C road in South Tyneside, 6 February 2017
5 m awayRef 2017100154068
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 2 December 2009
6 m awayRef 2009100915809
Slight
Van crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 23 September 1982
6 m awayRef 198210E116482
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 17 September 2009
6 m awayRef 2009100622709
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Streetlite
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Streetlite)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019100820394 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 2019.