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A1 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 8 March 2009 at 02:05 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 02:05 on Sunday 8 March 2009. The 38-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 2009
Sunday, 02:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97314, longitude -1.69674, in the NE15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6UW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009100145209
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, street lights lit
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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 2009100145209 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2009.