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A183 crash in Sunderland on 2 March 1997 at 12:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A183 in Sunderland at 12:30 on Sunday 2 March 1997. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 1997
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.87563, longitude -1.48616, in the DH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shiney Row and Penshaw.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710O005697
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
183
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 199710O005697 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 1997.