B1314 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 27 August 2015 at 11:48 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 11:48 on Thursday 27 August 2015. The 60-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris, the 84-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta 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
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2015
- Thursday, 11:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97639, longitude -1.57133, 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
- 2015100523015
- 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
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2003.
Slight
Car crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 February 2003
7 m awayRef 2003100168603
Slight
Car crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 December 1995
7 m awayRef 199510E094295
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 17 August 1999
8 m awayRef 199910E302299
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 5 December 2001
8 m awayRef 200110E463501
Serious
Car crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 December 2001
8 m awayRef 200110E469201
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1314 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 24 December 2014
9 m awayRef 2014100800814
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2015100523015 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 2015.