A183 crash in Sunderland on 24 February 2011 at 08:05 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara hit a pedestrian on the A183 in Sunderland at 08:05 on Thursday 24 February 2011. A 21-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2011
- Thursday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90388, longitude -1.39143, 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
- 2011100124411
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 183
- Road type
- Single 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2025.
Slight
Car crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 12 August 2025
4 m awayRef 2025101628291
Slight
Dennis crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 25 September 2003
10 m awayRef 2003100818203
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 26 August 2023
15 m awayRef 2023101346292
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 12 August 2009
20 m awayRef 2009100530509
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 2 February 1990
20 m awayRef 199010F101790
Serious
Car crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 16 June 1979
22 m awayRef 197910H038679
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2011100124411 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 2011.