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Unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE23 on 30 December 2001 at 22:30 involving a Rover 600 Series taxi

A Rover 600 Series taxi crashed on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 22:30 on Sunday 30 December 2001. A 56-year-old female passenger, a 58-year-old female passenger and a 31-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine but windy weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2001
Sunday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Rover 600 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.08761, longitude -1.59749, 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
200110C497901
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
No

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 29 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 December 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)

    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 200110C497901 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 2001.