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Unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE49 on 22 April 1979 at 23:30 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 23:30 on Sunday 22 April 1979. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Apr 1979
Sunday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9675, longitude -2.46153, in the NE49 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197910A016879
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 91 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197910A016879 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Northumberland road accident statistics for 1979.