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A1231 crash in Sunderland on 27 February 2004 at 15:50 involving a Rover 25

A Rover 25, a Skoda Octavia taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A1231 in Sunderland at 15:50 on Friday 27 February 2004. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Octavia taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 2004
Friday, 15:50
Vehicles
3
Rover 25 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91329, longitude -1.44386, in the SR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hylton Castle, Sunderland, SR5 3EH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004100161004
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1231
Road type
Roundabout
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2008.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2004100161004 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 2004.