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C road crash in South Tyneside SR6 on 10 May 1997 at 23:40 involving a Daihatsu Charade

A Daihatsu Charade crashed on a C road in South Tyneside at 23:40 on Saturday 10 May 1997. A 19-year-old female passenger and a 19-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 May 1997
Saturday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Charade
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94563, longitude -1.40659, in the SR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710L014497
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
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 16 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Charade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)

    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 199710L014497 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 1997.