A68 crash in Northumberland on 16 November 2002 at 11:35 involving a Peugeot 309
A Peugeot 309 and a car were involved in a crash on the A68 in Northumberland at 11:35 on Saturday 16 November 2002. The 47-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 309 and a 43-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 309 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2002
- Saturday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 309 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96677, longitude -1.9642, in the NE43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stocksfield & Bywell, Northumberland, NE43 7UB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002100423902
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 68
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 69
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2013.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 30 October 2013
At the same spotRef 2013100592313
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 8 July 2007
At the same spotRef 2007100471307
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 13 March 2002
At the same spotRef 200210B101202
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 20 July 2006
At the same spotRef 2006100622906
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 30 May 2021
1 m awayRef 2021101050971
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A68 in Northumberland, 3 April 2017
5 m awayRef 2017100169704
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2002100423902 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 2002.