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A191 crash in North Tyneside on 12 August 2025 at 10:13 involving a Skoda Rapid taxi

A Skoda Rapid taxi and a Vauxhall Grandland were involved in a crash on the A191 in North Tyneside at 10:13 on Tuesday 12 August 2025. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Grandland was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Aug 2025
Tuesday, 10:13
Vehicles
2
Skoda Rapid and Vauxhall Grandland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.01122, longitude -1.56607, in the NE12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longbenton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longbenton & Benton, North Tyneside, NE12 8AB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Tyneside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025101627734
Council area
North Tyneside
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
191
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
1317

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 6 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Rapid

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Grandland

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Grandland)

    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 2025101627734 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Tyneside road accident statistics for 2025.