A196 crash in Northumberland on 5 June 1990 at 08:40 involving a Leyland National bus
A Leyland National bus crashed on the A196 in Northumberland at 08:40 on Tuesday 5 June 1990. All fourteen casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jun 1990
- Tuesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland National
- Casualties
- 14
- 14 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.1648, longitude -1.57977, in the NE62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stakeford.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199010A608090
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 196
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1147
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 1992.
Slight
Renault 9 crash on the A196 in Northumberland, 25 December 1992
10 m awayRef 199210A615592
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A1197 in Northumberland, 16 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200010C437500
Slight
Dennis crash on the A196 in Northumberland, 24 July 2004
10 m awayRef 2004100592104
Slight
Car crash on the A196 in Northumberland, 19 December 1988
10 m awayRef 198810A617488
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1147 in Northumberland, 10 May 2007
10 m awayRef 2007100321107
Slight
Skoda 130 crash on the A196 in Northumberland, 24 August 1991
10 m awayRef 199110A610991
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland National
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (14)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 77, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 72, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 9: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 10: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 11: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 12: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 13: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 14: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 199010A608090 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.