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C road crash in Gateshead NE41 on 17 June 1990 at 15:00 involving a Volvo 360

A Volvo 360 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 15:00 on Sunday 17 June 1990. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, a 26-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 360 and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jun 1990
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo 360 and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97074, longitude -1.81096, in the NE41 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199010D309190
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 360

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 360)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199010D309190 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gateshead road accident statistics for 1990.