B6317 crash in Gateshead on 7 January 2009 at 12:35 involving a Fiat Scudo van
A Fiat Scudo van and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B6317 in Gateshead at 12:35 on Wednesday 7 January 2009. The 41-year-old male driver of the Fiat Scudo van, the 19-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and a 44-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jan 2009
- Wednesday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Scudo and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94894, longitude -1.68506, in the NE16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whickham North & Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 4LX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009100007109
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6317
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2015.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 9 July 2015
26 m awayRef 2015100395815
Serious
Peugeot 309 crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 15 November 1997
28 m awayRef 199710K064097
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 24 June 2005
28 m awayRef 2005100474105
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 8 December 2005
36 m awayRef 2005100976105
Serious
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 9 May 1990
67 m awayRef 199010D306190
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B6317 in Gateshead, 1 May 2020
91 m awayRef 2020100949087
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Scudo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Scudo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2009100007109 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 2009.