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Fatal unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE22 on 4 November 1979 at 14:30 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 14:30 on Sunday 4 November 1979. A 23-year-old male passenger and a 30-year-old male passenger were killed and two other people were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Nov 1979
Sunday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
2 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.13921, longitude -1.55996, in the NE22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197910B032279
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, 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 197910B032279 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.