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Fatal A69 crash in Northumberland on 12 June 1989 at 10:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A69 in Northumberland at 10:15 on Monday 12 June 1989. The 80-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed and the 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Jun 1989
Monday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.98423, longitude -2.11092, in the NE46 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198910A412889
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
69
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6079

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 22 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 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
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, 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 198910A412889 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 1989.