A19 crash in Sunderland on 1 August 2005 at 09:00 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper and an Iveco van were involved in a crash on the A19 in Sunderland at 09:00 on Monday 1 August 2005. A 21-year-old male passenger in the Iveco van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Aug 2005
- Monday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Cooper and Iveco
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.86704, longitude -1.44917, in the SR3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herrington & Newbottle, Sunderland, SR3 3RD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005100589305
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 19
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 690
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2016.
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Renault Clio crash on the A19 in Sunderland, 5 August 2004
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Car crash on the A19 in Sunderland, 18 November 2001
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the A19 in Sunderland, 9 April 2015
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Iveco)
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 2005100589305 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.