B6317 crash in Gateshead on 14 November 2006 at 16:05 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a BMW Z3 were involved in a crash on the B6317 in Gateshead at 16:05 on Tuesday 14 November 2006. The 25-year-old male driver of the BMW Z3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2006
- Tuesday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and BMW Z3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95379, longitude -1.68627, in the NE16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whickham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whickham North & Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 3AS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006100830306
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6317
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 15 January 2014
6 m awayRef 2014100035614
Slight
Alfa Romeo 164 crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 19 December 1996
10 m awayRef 199610K073196
Slight
Mercedes 500 crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 21 October 1996
10 m awayRef 199610K058696
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 22 December 2012
14 m awayRef 2012100721112
Slight
Car crash on the A6081 in Gateshead, 2 October 1988
14 m awayRef 198810D318988
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 20 April 2005
22 m awayRef 2005100308605
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: BMW Z3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,793 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW Z3)
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 2006100830306 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 2006.