A1 crash in Gateshead on 20 December 2007 at 14:20 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, a Ford Focus and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the A1 in Gateshead at 14:20 on Thursday 20 December 2007. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2007
- Thursday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95584, longitude -1.67798, in the NE11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whickham North & Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 3AS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007100947507
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2008.
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 95XF crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 2 March 2008
At the same spotRef 2008100151608
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 8 September 1997
At the same spotRef 199710K050997
Slight
Car crash on the A69 in Gateshead, 25 April 1989
10 m awayRef 198910D308089
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 9 September 2025
12 m awayRef 2025101640514
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 6 April 1997
14 m awayRef 199710K020597
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1 in Gateshead, 16 August 1999
14 m awayRef 199910K300199
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2007100947507 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.