Serious C road crash in Gateshead NE8 on 28 June 2015 at 21:19 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 21:19 on Sunday 28 June 2015. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Jun 2015
- Sunday, 21:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95505, longitude -1.63343, in the NE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100374215
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
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The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2014.
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Slight
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Gateshead, 19 July 2001
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Slight
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2015100374215 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gateshead road accident statistics for 2015.