C road crash in Gateshead NE11 on 10 September 2010 at 08:00 involving a Toyota MR2
A Toyota MR2 and a Ford Fiesta van were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 08:00 on Friday 10 September 2010. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Sep 2010
- Friday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota MR2 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92645, longitude -1.61533, in the NE11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birtley North & Lamesley, Gateshead, NE11 0BD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010100553110
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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 with 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 1990.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead, 16 May 1990
22 m awayRef 199010D110190
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead, 11 May 1989
22 m awayRef 198910D108989
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead, 15 April 1988
32 m awayRef 198810D107488
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on a C road in Gateshead, 12 January 1994
36 m awayRef 199410K000994
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead, 10 February 2021
41 m awayRef 2021101021245
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on a C road in Gateshead, 20 January 2004
73 m awayRef 2004100050704
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota MR2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2010100553110 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 2010.