B6341 crash in Northumberland on 15 October 2003 at 07:10 involving a Ford Fiesta van
A Ford Fiesta van and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the B6341 in Northumberland at 07:10 on Wednesday 15 October 2003. The 52-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2003
- Wednesday, 07:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Rover 400 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.47488, longitude -1.71932, in the NE66 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100876703
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6341
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)
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 2003100876703 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.