A6085 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 26 January 2018 at 15:15 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Ford Fusion were involved in a crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 15:15 on Friday 26 January 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2018
- Friday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Ford Fusion
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97249, longitude -1.70144, in the NE15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6UW 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
- 2018100262162
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6085
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Unclassified
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2017.
Slight
Chevrolet Aveo crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 4 September 2017
7 m awayRef 2017100216537
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 April 2021
18 m awayRef 2021101040235
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 11 September 2010
24 m awayRef 2010100656710
Slight
Lorry crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 16 June 2020
26 m awayRef 2020100957846
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle upon Tyne, 14 May 2024
27 m awayRef 2024101442697
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on an unclassified road in Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 October 2023
40 m awayRef 2023101361228
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018100262162 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 2018.