A184 crash in Gateshead on 13 July 1997 at 16:28 involving a Peugeot 309
A Peugeot 309, a Ford Orion and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A184 in Gateshead at 16:28 on Sunday 13 July 1997. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier, a 67-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 309 and a 33-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 309 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 1997
- Sunday, 16:28
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 309 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95192, longitude -1.55373, 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
- 199710J040597
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 184
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A185 in Gateshead, 30 October 2003
At the same spotRef 2003100939903
Serious
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Slight
Mercedes crash on the A184 in Gateshead, 21 April 2015
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Slight
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Slight
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A185 in Gateshead, 1 October 2008
10 m awayRef 2008100855508
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199710J040597 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.