A1018 crash in Sunderland on 13 December 2010 at 14:42 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on the A1018 in Sunderland at 14:42 on Monday 13 December 2010. A 67-year-old male passenger in the Scania bus and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Scania bus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2010
- Monday, 14:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Scania
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90859, longitude -1.38247, in the SR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deptford & Hendon, Sunderland, SR1 3JQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010100787810
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- 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
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 183
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1980.
Slight
Taxi crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 23 December 1980
At the same spotRef 198010H084280
Slight
Bus crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 17 January 1981
At the same spotRef 198110H003281
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 19 August 1983
At the same spotRef 198310F104983
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 19 April 2016
6 m awayRef 2016100065415
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 24 September 2025
9 m awayRef 2025101646348
Slight
Leyland crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 1 July 1991
10 m awayRef 199110F113591
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Scania
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 67, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 2010100787810 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 2010.