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Serious A19 crash in Sunderland on 8 December 1985 at 08:00 involving a van

A van crashed on the A19 in Sunderland at 08:00 on Sunday 8 December 1985. A 42-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 37-year-old male driver and a 24-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 1985
Sunday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.86104, longitude -1.43836, in the SR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198510F422785
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198510F422785 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 1985.