A1 crash in Northumberland on 2 February 2004 at 16:20 involving a Toyota Carina
A Toyota Carina and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A1 in Northumberland at 16:20 on Monday 2 February 2004. The 69-year-old female driver of the Toyota Carina and the 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2004
- Monday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Carina and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.31836, longitude -1.725, in the NE65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004100098804
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2003.
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Nissan Bluebird crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 6 August 2003
At the same spotRef 2003100671903
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Citroen Xantia crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 12 February 2005
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 30 December 2011
14 m awayRef 2011100777911
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Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 25 October 2025
18 m awayRef 2025101659263
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Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 1 November 2015
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Serious
Proton Proton crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 24 November 2003
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2004100098804 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 2004.