A183 crash in South Tyneside on 22 February 2003 at 02:05 involving a Ford Fiesta
A taxi and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A183 in South Tyneside at 02:05 on Saturday 22 February 2003. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2003
- Saturday, 02:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.99949, longitude -1.42876, in the NE33 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Shields. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beacon & Bents, South Tyneside, NE33 2HT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100164103
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 183
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2022.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A183 in South Tyneside, 19 May 2022
3 m awayRef 2022101181392
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A183 in South Tyneside, 29 September 2001
10 m awayRef 200110L352901
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A183 in South Tyneside, 3 May 2004
14 m awayRef 2004100342404
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A183 in South Tyneside, 19 February 1981
14 m awayRef 198110G005381
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A183 in South Tyneside, 2 April 1985
14 m awayRef 198510E105685
Slight
Car crash on the A183 in South Tyneside, 30 June 1985
14 m awayRef 198510E110585
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2003100164103 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 2003.