A183 crash in Sunderland on 21 April 2018 at 12:30 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
A Mitsubishi Shogun and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A183 in Sunderland at 12:30 on Saturday 21 April 2018. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Fabia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 2018
- Saturday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Shogun and Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88945, longitude -1.46168, in the SR4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pennywell & South Hylton, Sunderland, SR4 9EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018100286329
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 183
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 1991.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 6 October 1991
9 m awayRef 199110F423691
Serious
BMW R Series crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 8 May 2025
16 m awayRef 2025101693183
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 3 July 2007
22 m awayRef 2007100454207
Slight
Lorry crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 7 August 1989
28 m awayRef 198910F415689
Slight
Car crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 12 October 1989
28 m awayRef 198910F421789
Slight
Car crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 22 October 1989
31 m awayRef 198910F422889
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018100286329 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 2018.