A184 crash in South Tyneside on 16 December 1997 at 01:26 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a Citroen AX and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A184 in South Tyneside at 01:26 on Tuesday 16 December 1997. The 22-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 1997
- Tuesday, 01:26
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94438, longitude -1.42768, in the NE36 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Boldon and West Boldon.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199710L042997
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 184
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2017.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A184 in South Tyneside, 7 January 2017
4 m awayRef 2017100207662
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A184 in South Tyneside, 25 April 1996
10 m awayRef 199610L013196
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A184 in South Tyneside, 2 October 2021
11 m awayRef 2021101137305
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A184 in South Tyneside, 18 September 1992
14 m awayRef 199210E216892
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A184 in South Tyneside, 9 March 1993
14 m awayRef 199310E203293
Fatal
Peugeot 407 crash on the A184 in South Tyneside, 5 May 2011
14 m awayRef 2011100271611
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 199710L042997 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.