A1 crash in Northumberland on 12 August 2003 at 14:35 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a car were involved in a crash on the A1 in Northumberland at 14:35 on Tuesday 12 August 2003. The 51-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo, the 67-year-old male driver of the car and a 64-year-old female passenger in the car were 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
- 12 Aug 2003
- Tuesday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.51564, longitude -1.74373, in the NE67 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100682303
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 62 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2020.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 7 October 2020
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Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 24 February 1988
67 m awayRef 198810A202888
Slight
MG ZR crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 20 December 2009
70 m awayRef 2009100890509
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 28 July 2023
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Fatal
Lorry crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 21 October 1980
173 m awayRef 198010A059380
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 4 October 2007
193 m awayRef 2007100708507
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2003100682303 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.