A1052 crash in Sunderland on 24 August 2003 at 22:20 involving a Citroen Relay van
A car and a Citroen Relay van were involved in a crash on the A1052 in Sunderland at 22:20 on Sunday 24 August 2003. The 24-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Aug 2003
- Sunday, 22:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen Relay
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.84137, longitude -1.47786, in the DH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Houghton-le-Spring.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100712203
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1052
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2002.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A1052 in Sunderland, 7 October 2002
14 m awayRef 2002100283702
Slight
Car crash on the A1052 in Sunderland, 26 June 1982
22 m awayRef 198210F411482
Slight
Car crash on the A1052 in Sunderland, 23 January 1988
30 m awayRef 198810F401988
Serious
Datsun Micra crash on the A1052 in Sunderland, 12 April 1990
36 m awayRef 199010F409190
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1052 in Sunderland, 25 October 2004
51 m awayRef 2004100975904
Fatal
Renault Megane crash on the A1052 in Sunderland, 23 August 2021
51 m awayRef 2021101080865
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2003100712203 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.