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Serious B6353 crash in Northumberland on 5 January 1995 at 06:50 involving a Volkswagen

A Volkswagen crashed on the B6353 in Northumberland at 06:50 on Thursday 5 January 1995. The 30-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 1995
Thursday, 06:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.63155, longitude -2.11814, in the TD12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199510A000795
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6353
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,285 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

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 199510A000795 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 1995.