A1231 crash in Sunderland on 26 October 2017 at 16:00 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a car were involved in a crash on the A1231 in Sunderland at 16:00 on Thursday 26 October 2017. The 26-year-old male driver of the car and a 46-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2017
- Thursday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90519, longitude -1.51244, in the NE38 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017100235104
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1231
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 195
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2025.
Slight
Volvo XC40 crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 28 February 2025
3 m awayRef 2025101560073
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 2 March 1997
4 m awayRef 199710O006397
Slight
Scania crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 15 March 2002
14 m awayRef 200210O137002
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 7 March 2001
14 m awayRef 200110O115701
Slight
Van crash on the A195 in Sunderland, 16 November 1990
14 m awayRef 199010F427290
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1231 in Sunderland, 18 October 2004
14 m awayRef 2004100845804
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017100235104 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 2017.