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Unclassified road crash in Sunderland DH5 on 5 December 2020 at 18:57 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Hyundai i20 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland at 18:57 on Saturday 5 December 2020. A 56-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 2020
Saturday, 18:57
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Hyundai i20
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.80319, longitude -1.43493, in the DH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Easington Lane. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hetton, Sunderland, DH5 0NB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020101004535
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

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, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai i20

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2020101004535 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 2020.