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A184 crash in Gateshead on 7 December 2006 at 21:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A car and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A184 in Gateshead at 21:15 on Thursday 7 December 2006. The 41-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2006
Thursday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96234, longitude -1.59858, in the NE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. 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
2006100909906
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
184
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
167

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 2006100909906 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.