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A1 crash in Gateshead on 17 February 1997 at 19:50 involving a Hyundai S-Coupe

A Hyundai S-Coupe crashed on the A1 in Gateshead at 19:50 on Monday 17 February 1997. The 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 1997
Monday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Hyundai S-Coupe
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90968, longitude -1.5776, in the DH3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710K009697
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai S-Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai S-Coupe)

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 199710K009697 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.