A1068 crash in Northumberland on 26 June 2002 at 08:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on the A1068 in Northumberland at 08:15 on Wednesday 26 June 2002. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2002
- Wednesday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.13219, longitude -1.5997, in the NE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedlington Central, Northumberland, NE22 5UA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200210C239602
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 193
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 23 April 2017
3 m awayRef 2017100178891
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 19 December 2011
10 m awayRef 2011100757811
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 6 April 2024
19 m awayRef 2024101428805
Serious
Ford S-Max crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 31 July 2012
28 m awayRef 2012100402612
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 22 November 1980
30 m awayRef 198010B034580
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 16 February 1983
30 m awayRef 198310A602483
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200210C239602 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.