Fatal B6319 crash in Northumberland on 27 October 2003 at 14:56 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo hit a pedestrian on the B6319 in Northumberland at 14:56 on Monday 27 October 2003. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 22-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 27 Oct 2003
- Monday, 14:56
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.0051, longitude -2.18555, in the NE47 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003100950003
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6319
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the B6319 in Northumberland, 9 June 1984
20 m awayRef 198410A410684
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B6319 in Northumberland, 7 June 1991
32 m awayRef 199110A410391
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6319 in Northumberland, 14 November 1981
40 m awayRef 198110A063681
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6319 in Northumberland, 20 January 1993
41 m awayRef 199310A402193
Slight
Car crash on the B6319 in Northumberland, 17 March 1986
80 m awayRef 198610A405586
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Northumberland, 26 August 1982
80 m awayRef 198210A414682
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2003100950003 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.