A690 crash in Sunderland on 8 April 2005 at 10:25 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205 and a DAF Trucks FA 45LF lorry were involved in a crash on the A690 in Sunderland at 10:25 on Friday 8 April 2005. The 25-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205, the 34-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks FA 45LF lorry and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2005
- Friday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 205 and DAF Trucks FA 45LF
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89165, longitude -1.4083, in the SR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tunstall & Humbledon, Sunderland, SR3 1LW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005100260505
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 690
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 2011.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 28 March 2011
At the same spotRef 2011100195511
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 3 March 2006
At the same spotRef 2006100153406
Serious
Car crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 11 April 1986
At the same spotRef 198610F207086
Serious
Car crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 7 May 1981
At the same spotRef 198110H030781
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 21 August 1990
10 m awayRef 199010F217390
Slight
Daimler crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 14 December 1992
10 m awayRef 199210F222992
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FA 45LF
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks FA 45LF)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
- 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 2005100260505 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 2005.