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A1231 crash in Sunderland on 27 August 1998 at 14:50 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van and a Case IH were involved in a crash on the A1231 in Sunderland at 14:50 on Thursday 27 August 1998. The 30-year-old male driver of the Mercedes van and the 42-year-old male driver of the Case IH were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Aug 1998
Thursday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Case IH
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90617, longitude -1.48296, in the SR5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810O023498
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1231
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Case IH

    Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Case IH)

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 199810O023498 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 1998.