A189 crash in Northumberland on 11 February 2003 at 08:10 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A189 in Northumberland at 08:10 on Tuesday 11 February 2003. The 33-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was 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
- 11 Feb 2003
- Tuesday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06687, longitude -1.5775, 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
- 2003100149003
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2002.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 11 July 2002
At the same spotRef 2002100024102
Slight
Fiat Mirafiori crash on the A19 in Northumberland, 28 September 1991
10 m awayRef 199110C516491
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 6 January 2021
12 m awayRef 2021101012612
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 2 November 2025
13 m awayRef 2025101662897
Slight
Volvo crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 19 May 2004
14 m awayRef 2004100397904
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 1 July 1992
14 m awayRef 199210C508992
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 2003100149003 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 2003.