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A194(M) crash in South Tyneside on 11 May 2002 at 12:45 involving a Ford Escort

A car and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A194(M) in South Tyneside at 12:45 on Saturday 11 May 2002. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 May 2002
Saturday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94533, longitude -1.51601, in the NE10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fellgate & Hedworth, South Tyneside, NE10 8YB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200210L187802
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
194
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
194

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 3 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 200210L187802 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 2002.