C road crash in Northumberland NE66 on 26 February 2004 at 19:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on a C road in Northumberland at 19:30 on Thursday 26 February 2004. The 21-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2004
- Thursday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42221, longitude -1.58524, 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
- 2004100160704
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Snowing with high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 112 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1988.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Northumberland, 3 November 1988
112 m awayRef 198810A218388
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Northumberland, 5 December 1981
220 m awayRef 198110A069981
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 10 February 2019
250 m awayRef 2019100922184
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on a C road in Northumberland, 18 September 2010
742 m awayRef 2010100576710
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 5 September 1999
754 m awayRef 199910A316899
Slight
Car crash on the B1296 in Gateshead, 8 December 1986
935 m awayRef 198610D128786
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2004100160704 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.