C road crash in Gateshead NE8 on 9 July 2003 at 13:23 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 13:23 on Wednesday 9 July 2003. The 52-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jul 2003
- Wednesday, 13:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95018, longitude -1.61619, in the NE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunston, Teams & Riverside, Gateshead, NE8 2XY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100580803
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1981.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Gateshead, 9 January 1981
At the same spotRef 198110F001281
Serious
Ford Capri crash on a C road in Gateshead, 4 March 1990
At the same spotRef 199010D105590
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Gateshead, 26 October 1990
At the same spotRef 199010D123390
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Gateshead, 25 August 1988
At the same spotRef 198810D119488
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead, 7 October 2019
3 m awayRef 2019100885639
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on a C road in Gateshead, 28 May 2012
7 m awayRef 2012100283412
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,235 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2003100580803 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gateshead road accident statistics for 2003.