B6524 crash in Northumberland on 29 March 2004 at 08:00 involving a Volkswagen Beetle
A Volkswagen Beetle crashed on the B6524 in Northumberland at 08:00 on Monday 29 March 2004. The 39-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2004
- Monday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Beetle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.13265, longitude -1.78399, in the NE61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004100253504
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6524
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 465 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 1982.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 3 October 1982
465 m awayRef 198210A116082
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 13 June 2007
503 m awayRef 2007100404907
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 19 March 2021
521 m awayRef 2021101029815
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 11 August 1981
530 m awayRef 198110A040681
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 25 March 2009
621 m awayRef 2009100194209
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 25 September 1990
703 m awayRef 199010A113190
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)
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 2004100253504 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.