A167 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 2 April 2003 at 06:40 involving a Toyota MR2
A Toyota MR2 crashed on the A167 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 06:40 on Wednesday 2 April 2003. The 22-year-old male driver and a 20-year-old male passenger were 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
- 2 Apr 2003
- Wednesday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota MR2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.98962, longitude -1.64207, in the NE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arthur's Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4NL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100282903
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 167
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- A
- Second road number
- 189
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2009.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A167 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 7 December 2009
20 m awayRef 2009100847909
Slight
Car crash on the A167 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 January 2016
21 m awayRef 201610P049516
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A167 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 26 February 2014
28 m awayRef 2014100103714
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 February 2024
28 m awayRef 2024101410443
Serious
Honda CBF crash on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 December 2025
29 m awayRef 2025101680265
Slight
Car crash on the A6127 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 7 May 1981
32 m awayRef 198110E022581
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota MR2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota MR2)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota MR2)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2003100282903 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.