A194 crash in South Tyneside on 26 August 2015 at 18:00 involving an Audi A6
Two Audi A6 cars, a Peugeot 308 and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the A194 in South Tyneside at 18:00 on Wednesday 26 August 2015. The 17-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, the 25-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo and a 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2015
- Wednesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi A6 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97601, longitude -1.45137, in the NE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Jarrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Biddick & All Saints, South Tyneside, NE33 4RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100515015
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 194
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 1994.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 13 April 1994
6 m awayRef 199410L010794
Serious
Fiat Panda crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 11 October 2022
9 m awayRef 2022101229585
Slight
Car crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 15 March 1979
14 m awayRef 197910G009879
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 21 April 2008
14 m awayRef 2008100281508
Slight
Vauxhall Midi crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 21 August 1992
14 m awayRef 199210E214992
Slight
Colt 1400 crash on the A194 in South Tyneside, 14 July 1991
15 m awayRef 199110E211291
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Toyota Aygo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- 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 2015100515015 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2015.