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B1340 crash in Northumberland on 5 September 1981 at 15:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the B1340 in Northumberland at 15:00 on Saturday 5 September 1981. The 56-year-old male driver, a 55-year-old female passenger and a 9-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Sep 1981
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.45864, longitude -1.66679, in the NE66 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198110A046281
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1340
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, 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 198110A046281 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 1981.