Skip to main content
CrashStats

B1522 crash in Sunderland on 20 March 2025 at 21:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B1522 in Sunderland at 21:20 on Thursday 20 March 2025. The 36-year-old male driver of the car, the 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 44-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Mar 2025
Thursday, 21:20
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.87262, longitude -1.35966, in the SR2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ryhope, Sunderland, SR2 0SA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025101567437
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1522
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    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 2025101567437 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 2025.