Serious A167 crash in Gateshead on 17 June 2016 at 17:11 involving a Suzuki Ignis
Four vehicles, including a Suzuki Ignis and a Chevrolet Kalos, were involved in a crash on the A167 in Gateshead at 17:11 on Friday 17 June 2016. The 39-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Ignis was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jun 2016
- Friday, 17:11
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki Ignis and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89804, longitude -1.57721, 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
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100081431
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 167
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1288 in Gateshead, 28 November 2007
4 m awayRef 2007100861407
Slight
Car crash on the A6127 in Gateshead, 29 June 1983
4 m awayRef 198310D115883
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1288 in Gateshead, 12 November 1993
9 m awayRef 199310D121193
Slight
Car crash on the A6127 in Gateshead, 16 February 1985
12 m awayRef 198510D102185
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A167 in Gateshead, 14 July 1993
12 m awayRef 199310D112493
Slight
Car crash on the B1288 in Gateshead, 30 April 1999
12 m awayRef 199910K150099
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Ignis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Kalos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,150 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Ignis)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2016100081431 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 2016.