Unclassified road crash in Gateshead DH3 on 25 December 2015 at 13:53 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead at 13:53 on Friday 25 December 2015. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2015
- Friday, 13:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89635, longitude -1.57463, in the DH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birtley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birtley South, Gateshead, DH3 1AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100798715
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2001.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1288 in Gateshead, 19 June 2001
2 m awayRef 200110K224001
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B1288 in Gateshead, 5 August 2001
2 m awayRef 200110K284601
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead, 9 March 1981
2 m awayRef 198110F012581
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Gateshead, 5 July 1994
2 m awayRef 199410K017594
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1288 in Gateshead, 11 September 2006
2 m awayRef 2006100652506
Slight
Car crash on the B1288 in Gateshead, 20 January 1980
2 m awayRef 198010F003080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, 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 2015100798715 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.