A184 crash in Gateshead on 29 March 2017 at 21:50 involving an MG ZS
An MG ZS and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on the A184 in Gateshead at 21:50 on Wednesday 29 March 2017. A 7-year-old female passenger in the MG ZS was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2017
- Wednesday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZS and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94657, longitude -1.52389, in the NE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gateshead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fellgate & Hedworth, South Tyneside, NE10 8YB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017100197196
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 184
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 4 April 2015.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A184 in Gateshead, 4 April 2015
1 m awayRef 2015100184115
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A184 in Gateshead, 28 July 2014
3 m awayRef 2014100428914
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A184 in Gateshead, 8 January 1994
5 m awayRef 199410J001694
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A184 in Gateshead, 24 November 1997
8 m awayRef 199710J067397
Slight
Volvo crash on the A184 in Gateshead, 27 May 2014
9 m awayRef 2014100304014
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6115 in Gateshead, 1 September 1982
9 m awayRef 198210D209482
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZS
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2017100197196 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 2017.