A694 crash in Gateshead on 15 February 2019 at 23:56 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A694 in Gateshead at 23:56 on Friday 15 February 2019. The 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2019
- Friday, 23:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.95367, longitude -1.69502, in the NE21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blaydon, Gateshead, NE21 5TF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gateshead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019100816451
- 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
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 16 metres away, was a fatal crash on 30 October 2014.
Fatal
Renault Megane crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 30 October 2014
16 m awayRef 2014100671114
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 18 August 2005
17 m awayRef 2005100633905
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 4 November 2013
23 m awayRef 2013100596613
Slight
Van crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 7 March 1980
31 m awayRef 198010F012680
Slight
Car crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 18 March 1988
31 m awayRef 198810D304988
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A694 in Gateshead, 5 January 1996
38 m awayRef 199610K000596
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2019100816451 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 2019.