A1 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 21 March 2003 at 10:32 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 10:32 on Friday 21 March 2003. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2003
- Friday, 10:32
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97575, longitude -1.69844, in the NE15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6UW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100253203
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
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, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 1992.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 May 1992
36 m awayRef 199210B407892
Slight
Citroen C2 crash on the A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 14 June 2007
41 m awayRef 2007100407807
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 10 March 2004
41 m awayRef 2004100215004
Slight
Iveco crash on the A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 18 September 2007
45 m awayRef 2007100664907
Serious
Austin Allegro crash on the A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 17 March 1993
51 m awayRef 199310B405693
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 95XF crash on the A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 13 August 2008
58 m awayRef 2008100567008
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2003100253203 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.