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Serious A195 crash in Sunderland on 13 February 1989 at 16:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A195 in Sunderland at 16:25 on Monday 13 February 1989. The 30-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 36-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Feb 1989
Monday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88629, longitude -1.54635, in the NE38 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198910F402089
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
195
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
195

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,809 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198910F402089 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 1989.