A1018 crash in Sunderland on 11 February 2003 at 10:42 involving a Rover 100 Series
A Rover 100 Series and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the A1018 in Sunderland at 10:42 on Tuesday 11 February 2003. The 41-year-old male driver of the Rover 100 Series and the 38-year-old male driver of the Audi 80 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2003
- Tuesday, 10:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 100 Series and Audi 80
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89996, longitude -1.38136, in the SR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deptford & Hendon, Sunderland, SR1 3JQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100139603
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1018
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 27 June 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 27 June 1987
At the same spotRef 198710F104187
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 12 August 1984
At the same spotRef 198410F106384
Slight
Datsun Cherry crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 21 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199510M018495
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 12 January 1987
At the same spotRef 198710F100387
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 10 July 1980
At the same spotRef 198010H044580
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 6 February 1987
At the same spotRef 198710F101087
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Audi 80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 100 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi 80)
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 2003100139603 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 2003.