B1314 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 24 December 2014 at 16:06 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Seat Exeo were involved in a crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 16:06 on Wednesday 24 December 2014. The 57-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa 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
- 24 Dec 2014
- Wednesday, 16:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Seat Exeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9764, longitude -1.57146, in the NE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1DP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100800814
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1314
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2015.
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 April 2015
2 m awayRef 2015100232415
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 January 2016
3 m awayRef 2016100000716
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 9 April 2015
3 m awayRef 2015100263715
Serious
Car crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 December 2001
6 m awayRef 200110E469201
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 5 December 2001
6 m awayRef 200110E463501
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 17 August 1999
6 m awayRef 199910E302299
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Exeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2014100800814 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2014.