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Unclassified road crash in Gateshead NE10 on 25 December 1998 at 16:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Lada Samara were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead at 16:20 on Friday 25 December 1998. The 44-year-old female driver of the Lada Samara, a 73-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1998
Friday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Lada Samara
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94652, longitude -1.57815, in the NE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810J077598
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 23 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada Samara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,099 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Samara)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 199810J077598 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 1998.