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B1505 crash in Northumberland on 17 April 1998 at 16:30 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the B1505 in Northumberland at 16:30 on Friday 17 April 1998. The 58-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Apr 1998
Friday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Rover Range Rover
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.07241, longitude -1.57448, in the NE23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cramlington.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199810C015298
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1505
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 February 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

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 199810C015298 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 1998.