A189 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 9 August 2016 at 13:25 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a car were involved in a crash on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 13:25 on Tuesday 9 August 2016. The 70-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Aug 2016
- Tuesday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.99791, longitude -1.61127, in the NE2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dene & South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1NP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100097200
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 189
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1600
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 July 2025.
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the B1600 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 17 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025101617856
Serious
Car crash on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 31 December 1988
6 m awayRef 198810B521488
Slight
Optare Metrorider crash on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 March 1995
6 m awayRef 199510G020595
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 18 October 2015
6 m awayRef 2015100639715
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B1600 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 February 2024
6 m awayRef 2024101413827
Serious
Car crash on the A189 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 4 January 2016
7 m awayRef 2016100089916
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016100097200 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2016.