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B6320 crash in Northumberland on 12 January 1980 at 20:15 involving a car

A car crashed on the B6320 in Northumberland at 20:15 on Saturday 12 January 1980. A 23-year-old male passenger was 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
12 Jan 1980
Saturday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.07873, longitude -2.2075, in the NE48 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198010A002980
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6320
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198010A002980 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 1980.