A194 crash in South Tyneside on 22 December 2007 at 13:50 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Renault Megane and a Subaru Impreza were involved in a crash on the A194 in South Tyneside at 13:50 on Saturday 22 December 2007. All seven casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2007
- Saturday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 7
- 7 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96644, longitude -1.47093, in the NE32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Jarrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bede, South Tyneside, NE32 4JT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007100920307
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 194
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 1995.
Serious
Dennis crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 9 October 1995
At the same spotRef 199510L028895
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 1 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200010L285200
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 17 June 2003
At the same spotRef 2003100516603
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 20 December 1999
10 m awayRef 199910L496599
Slight
Vauxhall crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 8 April 2004
10 m awayRef 2004100289404
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 17 February 2016
11 m awayRef 2016100109516
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Subaru Impreza)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Subaru Impreza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Subaru Impreza)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2007100920307 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.