A183 crash in Sunderland on 17 September 2018 at 08:20 involving a Ford Transit minibus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Transit minibus and an Audi A1, were involved in a crash on the A183 in Sunderland at 08:20 on Monday 17 September 2018. The 48-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit minibus, the 44-year-old female driver of the Fiat Doblo and the 24-year-old female driver of the Audi A1 were 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
- 17 Sep 2018
- Monday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Transit and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89002, longitude -1.45542, in the SR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. 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
- 2018100327657
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2019.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 13 November 2019
17 m awayRef 2019100899208
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 24 December 2025
17 m awayRef 2025101688433
Serious
Fiat Stilo crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 9 April 2014
20 m awayRef 2014100190214
Slight
Mini One crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 19 March 2016
22 m awayRef 2016100052438
Slight
Car crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 6 January 2018
29 m awayRef 2018100255100
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 2 September 2019
42 m awayRef 2019100873609
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Fiat Doblo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Doblo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- 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 2018100327657 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.