A1018 crash in South Tyneside on 18 January 2023 at 07:24 involving an Audi A1
A car and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside at 07:24 on Wednesday 18 January 2023. The 35-year-old male driver of the Audi A1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2023
- Wednesday, 07:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97696, longitude -1.41803, in the NE34 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Shields. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harton, South Tyneside, NE34 6RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Tyneside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023101265208
- Council area
- South Tyneside
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 22 February 1985
2 m awayRef 198510E103085
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 6 September 2013
2 m awayRef 2013100500913
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 11 December 2015
3 m awayRef 2015100767115
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 7 June 2022
6 m awayRef 2022101185356
Slight
Hyundai Ioniq crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 21 June 2025
7 m awayRef 2025101606414
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A1018 in South Tyneside, 30 March 2004
8 m awayRef 2004100255104
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- 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 2023101265208 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Tyneside road accident statistics for 2023.