B1294 crash in Sunderland on 12 April 2015 at 20:10 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B1294 in Sunderland at 20:10 on Sunday 12 April 2015. The 25-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 2015
- Sunday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90522, longitude -1.3763, in the SR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deptford & Hendon, Sunderland, SR1 3JQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100206415
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1294
- 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 December 2021.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1294 in Sunderland, 1 December 2021
6 m awayRef 2021101116445
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B1294 in Sunderland, 22 August 2017
9 m awayRef 2017100212835
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 20 August 1984
10 m awayRef 198410F106584
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 27 January 2005
10 m awayRef 2005100057005
Slight
Car crash on the B1294 in Sunderland, 14 March 1988
10 m awayRef 198810F101888
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B1294 in Sunderland, 8 May 1997
10 m awayRef 199710M022397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2015100206415 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 2015.