A1 crash in Northumberland on 15 August 1985 at 17:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A1 in Northumberland at 17:00 on Thursday 15 August 1985. The 46-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 1985
- Thursday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.66293, longitude -1.90222, in the TD15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198510A214185
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 48 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 November 2016.
Serious
MAN crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 15 November 2016
48 m awayRef 2016100126514
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 19 June 2016
51 m awayRef 2016100077201
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 2 September 1989
51 m awayRef 198910A214189
Slight
Volkswagen T-Roc crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 29 August 2025
75 m awayRef 2025101634879
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 23 December 1979
283 m awayRef 197910A067479
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 8 March 1982
283 m awayRef 198210A203382
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198510A214185 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 1985.