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Unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE61 on 15 April 1997 at 18:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 18:15 on Tuesday 15 April 1997. The 10-year-old female cyclist and a 13-year-old female passenger on the bicycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Apr 1997
Tuesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.18136, longitude -1.64429, in the NE61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pegswood.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710C014797
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Unclassified

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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, cyclist, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199710C014797 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 1997.