Fears that a crash would impact matchday traffic ahead of Fulham's visit to St James' Park on Sunday have been unfounded after the vehicle was quickly cleared by police.
Northumbria Police received a call at around 10.45am that a white Nissan Juke had been involved in a collision at the junction where Stanhope Street meets Barrack Road, just a few hundred metres from St James' Park.
However, officers removed the car which obtained extensive damage to its front by 11.31am. Thankfully, no-one was injured in the incident which only involved the white Nissan Juke pictured above.