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Serious C road crash in Sunderland SR5 on 9 December 2017 at 20:05 involving a Subaru Impreza

Six vehicles, including a Subaru Impreza and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on a C road in Sunderland at 20:05 on Saturday 9 December 2017. A 23-year-old male passenger in the Subaru Impreza was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 2017
Saturday, 20:05
Vehicles
6
Subaru Impreza and 5 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91818, longitude -1.40644, in the SR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 2DR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017100247505
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1231

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 4: Iveco Daily

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,287 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 5: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 6: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious

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 2017100247505 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.