A1056 crash in North Tyneside on 28 November 2002 at 16:15 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Renault were involved in a crash on the A1056 in North Tyneside at 16:15 on Thursday 28 November 2002. The 23-year-old male driver of the Renault was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2002
- Thursday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Renault
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.04584, longitude -1.5508, in the NE27 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Backworth & Holystone, North Tyneside, NE27 0BG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002100486302
- Council area
- North Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1056
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 19
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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 5 January 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1056 in North Tyneside, 5 January 2007
At the same spotRef 2007100007607
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A1056 in North Tyneside, 22 October 2025
7 m awayRef 2025101657533
Serious
Nissan Juke crash on the A1056 in North Tyneside, 15 January 2019
7 m awayRef 2019100354832
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1056 in North Tyneside, 20 January 2022
9 m awayRef 2022101141227
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1056 in North Tyneside, 11 June 1998
10 m awayRef 199810I023798
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A1056 in North Tyneside, 30 June 2002
10 m awayRef 200210I242702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Renault
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault)
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 2002100486302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Tyneside road accident statistics for 2002.