A191 crash in North Tyneside on 13 October 2011 at 19:14 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A191 in North Tyneside at 19:14 on Thursday 13 October 2011. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2011
- Thursday, 19:14
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.02997, longitude -1.51359, in the NE27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tynemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shiremoor, North Tyneside, NE27 0BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011100640211
- Council area
- North Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 191
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2011.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 20 January 2011
36 m awayRef 2011100047211
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 18 August 2025
42 m awayRef 2025101632034
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 16 October 2011
54 m awayRef 2011100619511
Slight
Volvo V50 crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 24 September 2020
59 m awayRef 2020100984962
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 3 October 2009
63 m awayRef 2009100675009
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A191 in North Tyneside, 7 September 2025
70 m awayRef 2025101638453
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit Connect)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit Connect)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2011100640211 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Tyneside road accident statistics for 2011.