A1231 crash in Sunderland on 4 June 2003 at 07:40 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Seat Cordoba were involved in a crash on the A1231 in Sunderland at 07:40 on Wednesday 4 June 2003. The 47-year-old male driver of the Seat Cordoba 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
- 4 Jun 2003
- Wednesday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Seat Cordoba
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9073, longitude -1.39357, in the SR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deptford & Hendon, Sunderland, SR4 6BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100507903
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1231
- 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
- C
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 4 October 2008.
Slight
Optare Metrorider crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 4 October 2008
At the same spotRef 2008100718008
Slight
Car crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 20 September 1979
10 m awayRef 197910H064779
Slight
Bus crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 5 August 1984
10 m awayRef 198410F106184
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BMW 2 Series crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 8 November 2019
12 m awayRef 2019100897157
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Scania crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 21 December 2005
14 m awayRef 2005101041105
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 6 December 2006
14 m awayRef 2006100979906
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Cordoba
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Cordoba)
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 2003100507903 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.