A1231 crash in Sunderland on 20 July 2016 at 08:25 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A1231 in Sunderland at 08:25 on Wednesday 20 July 2016. The 41-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2016
- Wednesday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90128, longitude -1.54511, in the NE37 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Washington Central, Sunderland, NE37 1NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100087714
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1231
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1231
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
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2019.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 22 November 2019
17 m awayRef 2019100901515
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 20 March 2007
27 m awayRef 2007100190407
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 2 February 2002
32 m awayRef 200210O036302
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 20 June 1982
42 m awayRef 198210F411082
Slight
Car crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 2 February 2003
48 m awayRef 2003100122703
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 14 March 2004
54 m awayRef 2004100207504
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016100087714 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 2016.