A1 crash in Gateshead on 29 September 1997 at 12:40 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1 in Gateshead at 12:40 on Monday 29 September 1997. The 31-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 1997
- Monday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95015, longitude -1.64556, in the NE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199710K054397
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1993.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 27 February 1993
10 m awayRef 199310D302493
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 30 June 2010
14 m awayRef 2010100437110
Slight
Volvo 360 crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 29 September 1999
14 m awayRef 199910K355799
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 25 October 2014
18 m awayRef 2014100679714
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 30 October 2003
20 m awayRef 2003100954203
Slight
Renault Extra crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 17 February 1997
20 m awayRef 199710K010497
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 199710K054397 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.