B1296 crash in Gateshead on 26 January 2014 at 04:05 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B1296 in Gateshead at 04:05 on Sunday 26 January 2014. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo, a 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2014
- Sunday, 04:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.93746, longitude -1.58474, in the NE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5RJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100032214
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1296
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2015.
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 12 February 2015
2 m awayRef 2015100123715
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 14 May 2013
3 m awayRef 2013100246813
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 4 November 2014
4 m awayRef 2014100659214
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 26 December 2005
5 m awayRef 2005101019205
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 30 September 1991
5 m awayRef 199110D211091
Slight
Taxi crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 29 November 2001
5 m awayRef 200110J450801
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014100032214 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 2014.