C road crash in Gateshead NE17 on 14 April 2007 at 14:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A vehicle, a Ford Fiesta and a Suzuki Vitara were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 14:20 on Saturday 14 April 2007. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2007
- Saturday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91614, longitude -1.8201, in the NE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chopwell.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007100264207
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 February 1995.
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on a C road in Gateshead, 6 February 1995
30 m awayRef 199510K005695
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Gateshead, 5 November 1980
32 m awayRef 198010F058680
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on a C road in Gateshead, 13 March 1996
50 m awayRef 199610K014196
Slight
Austin Metro crash on a C road in Gateshead, 12 July 1991
100 m awayRef 199110D310991
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Gateshead, 29 November 1980
102 m awayRef 198010F064080
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Gateshead, 4 February 1990
103 m awayRef 199010D301890
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 234 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
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 2007100264207 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 2007.