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A185 crash in Gateshead on 10 February 1997 at 15:20 involving a Scania lorry

A van and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A185 in Gateshead at 15:20 on Monday 10 February 1997. The 23-year-old female driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1997
Monday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Van and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95536, longitude -1.53777, in the NE10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710J006697
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
185
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    8,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, 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 199710J006697 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 1997.