A1068 crash in Northumberland on 23 August 2003 at 17:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Two Vauxhall Astras were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 17:25 on Saturday 23 August 2003. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 31-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2003
- Saturday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.14567, longitude -1.59988, in the NE62 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100715303
- 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
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2004.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 20 July 2004
At the same spotRef 2004100589904
Slight
Bus crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 30 July 1987
At the same spotRef 198710A610087
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 29 October 1999
At the same spotRef 199910C395699
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200210C040902
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 8 November 2023
6 m awayRef 2023101372849
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 1 October 2015
9 m awayRef 2015100585115
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2003100715303 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.