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C road crash in Gateshead NE9 on 19 November 1997 at 21:10 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 21:10 on Wednesday 19 November 1997. The 40-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny, the 53-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 1997
Wednesday, 21:10
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9335, longitude -1.607, in the NE9 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
199710J066797
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single 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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 28 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    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 199710J066797 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.