A6085 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 9 September 2021 at 17:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 17:30 on Thursday 9 September 2021. A 47-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery was 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
- 9 Sep 2021
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97344, longitude -1.70379, in the NE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6UW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021101086239
- Council area
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6085
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2015.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 10 March 2015
6 m awayRef 2015100134715
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 January 1992
7 m awayRef 199210B401492
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 6 June 1996
7 m awayRef 199610G043596
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 July 2022
8 m awayRef 2022101203126
Slight
Vauxhall Astramax crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 26 February 1993
10 m awayRef 199310B403293
Serious
Lorry crash on the A6085 in Newcastle upon Tyne, 28 March 1979
10 m awayRef 197910E014679
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2021101086239 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 2021.