C road crash in Gateshead NE21 on 14 December 2015 at 12:20 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on a C road in Gateshead at 12:20 on Monday 14 December 2015. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2015
- Monday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94256, longitude -1.75855, in the NE21 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100828715
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2011.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in Gateshead, 16 September 2011
7 m awayRef 2011100533611
Serious
Citroen C2 crash on a C road in Gateshead, 3 August 2025
11 m awayRef 2025101624289
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Gateshead, 11 September 1989
71 m awayRef 198910D317089
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Gateshead, 7 February 1983
85 m awayRef 198310D302583
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Gateshead, 25 October 1996
184 m awayRef 199610K058796
Serious
Nissan Bluebird crash on a C road in Gateshead, 5 January 1990
191 m awayRef 199010D300390
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2015100828715 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.