A195 crash in Sunderland on 21 February 2009 at 16:55 involving an Iveco Daily van
An Iveco Daily van and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A195 in Sunderland at 16:55 on Saturday 21 February 2009. The 30-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2009
- Saturday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco Daily and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9047, longitude -1.514, in the NE38 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009100108309
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 195
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1231
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2000.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 20 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200010O400300
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 12 June 2005
At the same spotRef 2005100538405
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 13 June 2005
At the same spotRef 2005100445005
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 12 October 2002
10 m awayRef 2002100322102
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 24 November 2025
12 m awayRef 2025101673121
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 29 July 2009
14 m awayRef 2009100498109
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco Daily
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 2009100108309 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 2009.