B1318 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 23 February 2003 at 12:00 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B1318 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 12:00 on Sunday 23 February 2003. The 27-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio 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
- 23 Feb 2003
- Sunday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.01256, longitude -1.62076, in the NE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fawdon & West Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100176503
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1318
- 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
- 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 7 October 2003.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B1318 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 7 October 2003
At the same spotRef 2003100851803
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on the B1318 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 December 2025
3 m awayRef 2025101685677
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B1318 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 14 January 2014
8 m awayRef 2014100207914
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B1318 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 April 2013
9 m awayRef 2013100179413
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the B1318 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 November 1994
10 m awayRef 199410G033294
Slight
Car crash on the A6125 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 April 1988
10 m awayRef 198810B507388
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 2003100176503 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2003.