A1018 crash in South Tyneside on 1 July 2008 at 19:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A van, a Ford Fiesta and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside at 19:10 on Tuesday 1 July 2008. The 27-year-old male driver of the van, the 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 26-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2008
- Tuesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94649, longitude -1.39438, in the SR6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cleadon Village & East Boldon, South Tyneside, SR6 7QW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008100445108
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1299
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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2000.
Slight
Volvo S70 crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 17 July 2000
At the same spotRef 200010L256800
Fatal
Chrysler crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 7 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199910L250699
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 15 December 2016
6 m awayRef 2016100138027
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 21 June 2020
7 m awayRef 2020100958694
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 27 May 2018
8 m awayRef 2018100296733
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 27 December 2014
8 m awayRef 2014100806214
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
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 2008100445108 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 2008.