A189 crash in Northumberland on 30 January 2002 at 08:14 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A189 in Northumberland at 08:14 on Wednesday 30 January 2002. The 33-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 33-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 2002
- Wednesday, 08:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06732, longitude -1.57749, in the NE23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camperdown, North Tyneside, NE23 7QT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200210C037802
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 1993.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 2 August 1993
10 m awayRef 199310C512193
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 9 November 2011
14 m awayRef 2011100706011
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 8 September 2015
16 m awayRef 2015100538315
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 10 October 1998
20 m awayRef 199810C044598
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 27 June 2007
20 m awayRef 2007100435307
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 2 May 2025
25 m awayRef 2025101589170
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
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
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 200210C037802 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.