A1068 crash in Northumberland on 20 July 2004 at 13:10 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 13:10 on Tuesday 20 July 2004. The 75-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny and the 40-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2004
- Tuesday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Sunny and Mazda 323
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.14567, longitude -1.59988, in the NE62 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004100589904
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 23 August 2003
At the same spotRef 2003100715303
Slight
Bus crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 30 July 1987
At the same spotRef 198710A610087
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 29 October 1999
At the same spotRef 199910C395699
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 5 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200210C040902
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 8 November 2023
6 m awayRef 2023101372849
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 1 October 2015
9 m awayRef 2015100585115
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,489 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)
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 2004100589904 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.