A1018 crash in Sunderland on 20 September 2004 at 09:40 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Renault Clio, were involved in a crash on the A1018 in Sunderland at 09:40 on Monday 20 September 2004. The 33-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van and the 19-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2004
- Monday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Vivaro and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.87199, longitude -1.35981, in the SR2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ryhope, Sunderland, SR2 0SA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004100752404
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 1994.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 20 August 1994
14 m awayRef 199410N016094
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 8 July 2007
61 m awayRef 2007100465107
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 8 October 1997
63 m awayRef 199710N054397
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 4 January 2001
70 m awayRef 200110N003101
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1522 in Sunderland, 20 March 2025
73 m awayRef 2025101567437
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 15 December 1993
82 m awayRef 199310F219593
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 2004100752404 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.