C road crash in Gateshead NE8 on 19 October 2005 at 08:20 involving a Ford Fusion
A van and a Ford Fusion were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 08:20 on Wednesday 19 October 2005. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Fusion was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Oct 2005
- Wednesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Ford Fusion
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95746, longitude -1.61737, in the NE8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridges, Gateshead, NE8 1PL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005100844505
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in Gateshead, 23 December 2007
10 m awayRef 2007100921707
Serious
Bristol (BLMC) crash on a C road in Gateshead, 29 April 1994
22 m awayRef 199410J012094
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A184 in Gateshead, 29 September 1996
22 m awayRef 199610J051896
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on a C road in Gateshead, 26 May 2025
27 m awayRef 2025101595101
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Gateshead, 6 October 1997
28 m awayRef 199710J055797
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Gateshead, 22 February 1991
28 m awayRef 199110D104591
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
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 2005100844505 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 2005.