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A184 crash in South Tyneside on 17 April 1998 at 14:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A184 in South Tyneside at 14:05 on Friday 17 April 1998. The 14-year-old female driver of the other vehicle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Apr 1998
Friday, 14:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94209, longitude -1.45753, 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
199810L014398
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
Daylight
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 29 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 199810L014398 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 1998.