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A189 crash in North Tyneside on 20 February 2014 at 10:32 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A189 in North Tyneside at 10:32 on Thursday 20 February 2014. The 56-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 70-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 2014
Thursday, 10:32
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.0553, longitude -1.5773, in the NE23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camperdown, North Tyneside, NE23 7QT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014100096814
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
189
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
189

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 2014100096814 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 2014.