Serious C road crash in Sunderland DH4 on 16 June 2007 at 20:20 involving a Skoda Superb
A car and a Skoda Superb were involved in a crash on a C road in Sunderland at 20:20 on Saturday 16 June 2007. The 38-year-old female driver of the Skoda Superb was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male driver of the car 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
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jun 2007
- Saturday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.85689, longitude -1.4719, in the DH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newbottle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Houghton North, Sunderland, DH4 4FB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007100412507
- Council area
- Sunderland
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2004.
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on a C road in Sunderland, 1 December 2004
10 m awayRef 2004100992804
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on a C road in Sunderland, 8 November 2002
14 m awayRef 2002100402002
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on a C road in Sunderland, 23 June 1991
22 m awayRef 199110F415191
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Sunderland, 4 September 1982
28 m awayRef 198210F416282
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 3 October 2024
32 m awayRef 2024101501508
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Sunderland, 11 April 1995
36 m awayRef 199510O008295
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)
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 2007100412507 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 2007.