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Serious A69 crash in Northumberland on 22 July 1990 at 17:45 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A car and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A69 in Northumberland at 17:45 on Sunday 22 July 1990. The 46-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the car and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Bluebird 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
Serious
Date
22 Jul 1990
Sunday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.9795, longitude -2.53604, in the CA8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199010A414090
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
69
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
B
Second road number
6318

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 fatal crash on 8 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199010A414090 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 1990.