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Unclassified road crash in Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 on 27 September 1996 at 13:10 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Rover SD1 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle upon Tyne at 13:10 on Friday 27 September 1996. The 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova and the 30-year-old male driver of the Rover SD1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Sep 1996
Friday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Rover SD1
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9668, longitude -1.6237, in the NE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199610F073196
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
189

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 16 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover SD1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover SD1)

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 199610F073196 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 1996.