A1290 crash in Sunderland on 25 February 2002 at 17:15 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, a Rover 400 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A1290 in Sunderland at 17:15 on Monday 25 February 2002. The 21-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Feb 2002
- Monday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91663, longitude -1.38906, in the SR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Roker, Sunderland, SR6 0DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200210M075402
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1290
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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 30 August 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1290 in Sunderland, 30 August 2008
10 m awayRef 2008100608608
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A1290 in Sunderland, 20 March 1999
20 m awayRef 199910M104799
Slight
Car crash on the B1289 in Sunderland, 10 March 1981
41 m awayRef 198110H016381
Slight
Car crash on the B1289 in Sunderland, 14 October 1984
42 m awayRef 198410F312984
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A1290 in Sunderland, 28 June 2016
49 m awayRef 2016100089484
Slight
Volvo crash on a C road in Sunderland, 29 November 2019
56 m awayRef 2019100904457
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)
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 200210M075402 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.