A1 crash in Northumberland on 17 April 1994 at 22:28 involving a Ford Granada
A Ford Granada crashed on the A1 in Northumberland at 22:28 on Sunday 17 April 1994. A 39-year-old female passenger 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
- 17 Apr 1994
- Sunday, 22:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Granada
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.63306, longitude -1.86004, in the NE70 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199410A005994
- 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
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 2007.
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Volvo crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 31 May 2002
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Ford Escort crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 17 August 1999
103 m awayRef 199910A304699
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Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 2 June 1985
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Slight
Minibus crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 24 August 1983
134 m awayRef 198310A215783
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Granada
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)
- 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 199410A005994 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 1994.