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Serious A182 crash in Sunderland on 30 October 2002 at 18:23 involving a Peugeot 206

A Peugeot 206 hit a pedestrian on the A182 in Sunderland at 18:23 on Wednesday 30 October 2002. A 7-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Oct 2002
Wednesday, 18:23
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 206
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.80657, longitude -1.43179, in the DH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Easington Lane. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hetton, Sunderland, DH5 0NB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002100367802
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
182
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2002100367802 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 2002.