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B1297 crash in South Tyneside on 20 August 2007 at 15:00 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the B1297 in South Tyneside at 15:00 on Monday 20 August 2007. The 40-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat 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
20 Aug 2007
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Renault Laguna and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.98263, longitude -1.49603, in the NE32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Jarrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Primrose, South Tyneside, NE32 5BB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007100583507
Council area
South Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1297
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
Dry

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 3 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    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
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

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 2007100583507 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2007.