B6349 crash in Northumberland on 20 August 1995 at 17:20 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on the B6349 in Northumberland at 17:20 on Sunday 20 August 1995. All four casualties 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
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 1995
- Sunday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Rover Montego
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.59428, longitude -1.8221, 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
- 199510A011195
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6349
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1342
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2015.
Slight
Kia Sorento crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 7 May 2015
1 m awayRef 2015100257615
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B1342 in Northumberland, 24 August 2007
10 m awayRef 2007100602907
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 26 October 2002
10 m awayRef 2002100363802
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 30 December 1991
14 m awayRef 199110A227591
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 13 November 1981
22 m awayRef 198110A063981
Serious
Van crash on the B1342 in Northumberland, 10 September 1983
50 m awayRef 198310A217783
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,098 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Rover Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199510A011195 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.