A1018 crash in South Tyneside on 25 June 2014 at 17:45 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside at 17:45 on Wednesday 25 June 2014. The 76-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2014
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95465, longitude -1.40038, in the SR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cleadon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cleadon Village & East Boldon, South Tyneside, SR6 7QW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100362314
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1018
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2009.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 11 January 2009
5 m awayRef 2009100011909
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 22 July 2008
5 m awayRef 2008100499008
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 18 March 2025
12 m awayRef 2025101572860
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 8 July 2002
13 m awayRef 2002100019702
Serious
Lorry crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 12 November 1979
19 m awayRef 197910G040179
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in South Tyneside, 20 March 1990
19 m awayRef 199010E104490
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 2014100362314 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.