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A185 crash in South Tyneside on 12 May 2021 at 18:00 involving an e-scooter

An e-scooter hit a pedestrian on the A185 in South Tyneside at 18:00 on Wednesday 12 May 2021. A 74-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 May 2021
Wednesday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
E-scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9728, longitude -1.51663, in the NE31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hebburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hebburn North, South Tyneside, NE31 1QF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021101045405
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
185
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
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (E-scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most 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 2021101045405 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 2021.