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A196 crash in Northumberland on 11 September 1997 at 17:40

A vehicle hit three pedestrians on the A196 in Northumberland at 17:40 on Thursday 11 September 1997. A 9-year-old male pedestrian, an 8-year-old male pedestrian and a 7-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Sep 1997
Thursday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.1587, longitude -1.60761, 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
199710C040997
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 199710C040997 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.