A183 crash in Sunderland on 26 March 2025 at 18:25 involving an Audi A6
A car and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A183 in Sunderland at 18:25 on Wednesday 26 March 2025. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Wednesday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A6
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89484, longitude -1.42985, in the SR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grindon & Thorney Close, Sunderland, SR3 4ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025101570258
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 183
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1405
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2016.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 31 March 2016
3 m awayRef 2016100057651
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 3 December 2019
4 m awayRef 2019100905160
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 9 December 2023
4 m awayRef 2023101389030
Slight
Ford crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 5 July 2014
4 m awayRef 2014100392414
Serious
Car crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 25 May 1995
6 m awayRef 199510N026295
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on the A183 in Sunderland, 1 July 2018
6 m awayRef 2018100306454
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
Vehicle 2: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2025101570258 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.