A1068 crash in Northumberland on 3 August 1986 at 01:35 involving a car
A car crashed on the A1068 in Northumberland at 01:35 on Sunday 3 August 1986. The 18-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 1986
- Sunday, 01:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.07384, longitude -1.62802, in the NE23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198610C510686
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1068
- 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
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 19 February 2002
51 m awayRef 200210C061902
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 April 2025
98 m awayRef 2025101574167
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 24 June 1998
102 m awayRef 199810C027498
Slight
Car crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 25 November 1989
139 m awayRef 198910C522189
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 November 1994
143 m awayRef 199410C048094
Slight
Car crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 4 February 1988
149 m awayRef 198810C503288
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198610C510686 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 1986.