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C road crash in Gateshead DH3 on 6 April 2002 at 15:50 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Hyundai Lantra were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 15:50 on Saturday 6 April 2002. The 32-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Lantra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 2002
Saturday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Hyundai Lantra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89625, longitude -1.56057, in the DH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birtley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birtley South, Gateshead, DH3 1AQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200210K126502
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Lantra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Lantra)

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 200210K126502 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 2002.