B1296 crash in Gateshead on 29 October 2015 at 17:00 involving a Nissan Note
A car and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on the B1296 in Gateshead at 17:00 on Thursday 29 October 2015. The 65-year-old female driver of the Nissan Note was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Oct 2015
- Thursday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Nissan Note
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.92438, longitude -1.57615, in the NE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Fell, Gateshead, NE9 7JT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100660115
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1296
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1296
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 December 2025.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 8 December 2025
6 m awayRef 2025101679684
Slight
Lorry crash on the B1295 in Gateshead, 9 January 2007
9 m awayRef 2007100054707
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the B1295 in Gateshead, 1 April 1995
9 m awayRef 199510J015395
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B1295 in Gateshead, 19 January 1995
9 m awayRef 199510J003295
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Gateshead, 22 November 1982
9 m awayRef 198210D126982
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 28 July 2022
30 m awayRef 2022101203610
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
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 2015100660115 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.