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A1(M) crash in Gateshead on 4 May 2004 at 01:30 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio crashed on the A1(M) in Gateshead at 01:30 on Tuesday 4 May 2004. The 19-year-old male driver, a 22-year-old male passenger and a 22-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 2004
Tuesday, 01:30
Vehicles
1
Renault Clio
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90416, longitude -1.56205, in the DH3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Washington West, Sunderland, DH3 1RB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004100345704
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Estimated chance it was serious
30%
Estimated chance it was slight
70%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2004100345704 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 2004.