A1018 crash in Sunderland on 18 April 2025 at 14:00 involving a Peugeot Partner van
A Peugeot Partner van and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on the A1018 in Sunderland at 14:00 on Friday 18 April 2025. The 64-year-old male driver of the Nissan Note was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 2025
- Friday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and Nissan Note
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.93382, longitude -1.39253, in the SR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 1RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025101579652
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1018
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 11 September 2013
1 m awayRef 2013100473513
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A184 in Sunderland, 31 August 2009
13 m awayRef 2009100589209
Slight
Renault Twingo crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 27 November 2017
14 m awayRef 2017100243471
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 26 September 2012
16 m awayRef 2012100525912
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 3 November 2017
17 m awayRef 2017100236520
Slight
Subaru Forester crash on the A1018 in Sunderland, 1 October 2014
20 m awayRef 2014100574014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025101579652 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.