B1301 crash in South Tyneside on 13 March 2018 at 17:05 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B1301 in South Tyneside at 17:05 on Tuesday 13 March 2018. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 38-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2018
- Tuesday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.98119, longitude -1.39883, in the NE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Shields. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harton, South Tyneside, NE34 7EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018100275916
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1301
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1301
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 1999.
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B1301 in South Tyneside, 21 October 1999
4 m awayRef 199910L386199
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1301 in South Tyneside, 5 April 2021
5 m awayRef 2021101033045
Slight
Piaggio Fly crash on the B1301 in South Tyneside, 30 March 2012
8 m awayRef 2012100218612
Slight
Yutong E12 crash on the B1301 in South Tyneside, 23 June 2025
9 m awayRef 2025101612980
Slight
Honda CBR125R crash on the B1301 in South Tyneside, 30 March 2012
9 m awayRef 2012100218712
Slight
Volvo crash on the B1301 in South Tyneside, 3 April 2008
11 m awayRef 2008100234008
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018100275916 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2018.