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C road crash in Gateshead NE11 on 24 December 2009 at 13:20 involving a Toyota Picnic

A Toyota Picnic and a Volkswagen Sharan were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 13:20 on Thursday 24 December 2009. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Sharan was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2009
Thursday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Toyota Picnic and Volkswagen Sharan
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94023, longitude -1.62394, in the NE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lobley Hill & Bensham, Gateshead, NE11 9LY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009100884309
Council area
Gateshead
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Picnic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    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 2009100884309 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.