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Fatal B1260 crash in Sunderland on 18 April 2004 at 20:56 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 crashed on the B1260 in Sunderland at 20:56 on Sunday 18 April 2004. The 25-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Apr 2004
Sunday, 20:56
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 406
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.83873, longitude -1.45034, in the DH5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004100316404
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1260
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

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 2004100316404 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.