A189 crash in Northumberland on 10 October 1998 at 10:10 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A189 in Northumberland at 10:10 on Saturday 10 October 1998. The 31-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX and the 30-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 1998
- Saturday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen ZX and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06712, longitude -1.57751, in the NE23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199810C044598
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 189
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 19
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 8 September 2015
6 m awayRef 2015100538315
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A19 in Northumberland, 6 September 2002
14 m awayRef 2002100191802
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 6 November 1998
14 m awayRef 199810C050498
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 9 November 2011
14 m awayRef 2011100706011
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 2 November 2025
17 m awayRef 2025101662897
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 4 October 2010
20 m awayRef 2010100625510
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)
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 199810C044598 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.