Serious A694 crash in Gateshead on 27 February 2018 at 18:05 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A694 in Gateshead at 18:05 on Tuesday 27 February 2018. The male driver of the Nissan Micra was seriously injured and the 49-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Feb 2018
- Tuesday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90882, longitude -1.7626, in the NE39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018100272218
- Council area
- Gateshead
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 694
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Snowing with high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 2001.
Serious
Volvo V70 crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 21 July 2001
2 m awayRef 200110K270601
Slight
Car crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 12 May 1979
8 m awayRef 197910F021779
Slight
Car crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 14 June 1983
13 m awayRef 198310D310083
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 3 August 2000
16 m awayRef 200010K280700
Serious
Toyota MR2 crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 22 September 2010
16 m awayRef 2010100583410
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 2 December 1996
23 m awayRef 199610K068096
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2018100272218 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 2018.