C road crash in Gateshead NE9 on 29 March 2007 at 16:55 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 and a Daihatsu Sirion were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 16:55 on Thursday 29 March 2007. The 23-year-old male driver of the Daihatsu Sirion was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2007
- Thursday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 3 and Daihatsu Sirion
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91721, longitude -1.5683, in the NE9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birtley North & Lamesley, Gateshead, NE9 7XA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007100301407
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2000.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Gateshead, 24 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200010J027100
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Gateshead, 2 April 1981
At the same spotRef 198110F015081
Slight
Renault Megane crash on a C road in Gateshead, 15 November 2002
At the same spotRef 2002100435802
Slight
Ford Focus crash on a C road in Gateshead, 8 May 2007
At the same spotRef 2007100309107
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Gateshead, 16 December 1988
14 m awayRef 198810D127388
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Gateshead, 17 October 1980
22 m awayRef 198010F055080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Sirion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Sirion)
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 2007100301407 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.