C road crash in Sunderland SR5 on 20 July 2014 at 11:42 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on a C road in Sunderland at 11:42 on Sunday 20 July 2014. The 24-year-old female driver of the Saab 9-3 was 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 Jul 2014
- Sunday, 11:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Saab 9-3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91836, longitude -1.40627, in the SR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 2DR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100441814
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- 1231
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2002.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on a C road in Sunderland, 23 December 2002
6 m awayRef 2002100560902
Slight
Car crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 22 November 1986
9 m awayRef 198610F315386
Slight
Car crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 19 October 1985
9 m awayRef 198510F311385
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 13 November 1986
9 m awayRef 198610F315086
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 28 May 1985
9 m awayRef 198510F304985
Slight
Car crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 17 October 1985
9 m awayRef 198510F311485
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)
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 2014100441814 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 2014.