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A184 crash in Gateshead on 12 June 1997 at 12:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A car and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A184 in Gateshead at 12:00 on Thursday 12 June 1997. The 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 71-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jun 1997
Thursday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95147, longitude -1.55343, in the NE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710J038097
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
184
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
185

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 3 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 199710J038097 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.