Serious A194 crash in South Tyneside on 4 March 2014 at 18:30 involving a Peugeot 406
Five vehicles, including a Peugeot 406 and a Volkswagen Polo, were involved in a crash on the A194 in South Tyneside at 18:30 on Tuesday 4 March 2014. A 4-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo and a 36-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were seriously injured and the 34-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Mar 2014
- Tuesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 5
- Peugeot 406 and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96629, longitude -1.47146, in the NE32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Jarrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bede, South Tyneside, NE32 4JT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100128014
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 194
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 2020.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 26 August 2020
9 m awayRef 2020100975885
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 16 March 2022
9 m awayRef 2022101154333
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 16 November 2007
9 m awayRef 2007100813107
Slight
Hyundai Lantra crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 28 October 2003
9 m awayRef 2003100927203
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 10 April 2024
12 m awayRef 2024101430159
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 12 April 2010
16 m awayRef 2010100228210
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 5: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 36, 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 2014100128014 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2014.