A1068 crash in Northumberland on 12 May 2002 at 13:30 involving a Kia Pride
Two cars and a Kia Pride were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 13:30 on Sunday 12 May 2002. The 24-year-old female driver of the Kia Pride, a 23-year-old male passenger in the Kia Pride and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Kia Pride were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2002
- Sunday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kia Pride and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.34807, longitude -1.61172, in the NE65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200210A180302
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 5 metres away, was a fatal crash on 28 March 2013.
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 28 March 2013
5 m awayRef 2013100164413
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 5 July 2001
14 m awayRef 200110A243701
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 20 July 2003
14 m awayRef 2003100605503
Serious
Ford Kuga crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 30 November 2016
19 m awayRef 2016100132432
Slight
Car crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 16 October 1988
22 m awayRef 198810A216888
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 11 May 2019
23 m awayRef 2019100838556
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
Vehicle 2: Kia Pride
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,324 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Pride)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Pride)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Pride)
- 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 200210A180302 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.