Serious C road crash in Northumberland NE19 on 24 August 2003 at 14:55 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Northumberland at 14:55 on Sunday 24 August 2003. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 19-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Aug 2003
- Sunday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.10669, longitude -2.00341, in the NE19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100716003
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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, 351 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 July 2010.
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 12 July 2010
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Triumph Tiger crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 10 July 2023
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Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 19 July 1999
357 m awayRef 199910B262899
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 11 August 1992
357 m awayRef 199210A415492
Slight
Subaru Forester crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 3 March 2013
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Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 23 February 1997
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2003100716003 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.