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Unclassified road crash in Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 on 20 September 2025 at 19:50 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Newcastle upon Tyne at 19:50 on Saturday 20 September 2025. A 25-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Sep 2025
Saturday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97676, longitude -1.61184, in the NE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025101644523
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 3 March 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 2025101644523 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2025.