A1068 crash in Northumberland on 9 May 2003 at 16:06 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a car were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 16:06 on Friday 9 May 2003. The 52-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2003
- Friday, 16:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.07243, longitude -1.6274, 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
- 2003100403103
- 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
- Dual 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
Car crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 4 February 1988
22 m awayRef 198810C503288
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 November 1994
22 m awayRef 199410C048094
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 26 March 2003
28 m awayRef 2003100257203
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 24 June 1998
63 m awayRef 199810C027498
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 April 2025
70 m awayRef 2025101574167
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
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 2003100403103 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.