C road crash in Northumberland NE61 on 28 April 1979 at 01:00 involving a car
A car crashed on a C road in Northumberland at 01:00 on Saturday 28 April 1979. The 18-year-old male driver and a 22-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 1979
- Saturday, 01:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.18583, longitude -1.95835, in the NE61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197910A017379
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 700 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 1 August 1983
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Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Northumberland, 30 June 2002
970 m awayRef 200210C240902
Serious
Volvo crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 9 April 2017
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Slight
Honda Civic crash on a C road in Northumberland, 21 August 2002
1.2 km awayRef 2002100149502
Slight
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Slight
Saab 9-5 crash on a C road in Northumberland, 25 May 2003
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 197910A017379 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.