A1068 crash in Northumberland on 26 March 2003 at 18:45 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 18:45 on Wednesday 26 March 2003. The 19-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was 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
- 26 Mar 2003
- Wednesday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.07225, longitude -1.62771, in the NE23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100257203
- 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
- 60 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 September 2000
14 m awayRef 200010C327300
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 9 May 2003
28 m awayRef 2003100403103
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 November 1994
41 m awayRef 199410C048094
Slight
Car crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 4 February 1988
50 m awayRef 198810C503288
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 24 June 1998
80 m awayRef 199810C027498
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 April 2025
92 m awayRef 2025101574167
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, 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 2003100257203 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.