A1231 crash in Sunderland on 22 December 2014 at 12:38 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Peugeot 3008 were involved in a crash on the A1231 in Sunderland at 12:38 on Monday 22 December 2014. The 51-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 63-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 3008 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet slip road with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2014
- Monday, 12:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Peugeot 3008
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90521, longitude -1.52783, in the NE38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Washington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Washington Central, Sunderland, NE37 1NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100804414
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1231
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2013.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 20 June 2013
1 m awayRef 2013100319613
Slight
Hyundai ix20 crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 25 May 2025
3 m awayRef 2025101595546
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 16 July 2011
3 m awayRef 2011100458511
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 7 November 1998
3 m awayRef 199810O030898
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 9 June 2010
3 m awayRef 2010100335910
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 13 March 2000
3 m awayRef 200010O095100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)
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 2014100804414 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.