B6304 crash in Northumberland on 26 August 2006 at 00:24 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B6304 in Northumberland at 00:24 on Saturday 26 August 2006. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2006
- Saturday, 00:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.94183, longitude -2.24098, in the NE47 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006100633206
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6304
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 38%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 62%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 129 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2012.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B6304 in Northumberland, 22 June 2012
129 m awayRef 2012100351012
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B6304 in Northumberland, 23 July 2010
247 m awayRef 2010100450810
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B6304 in Northumberland, 2 April 1994
342 m awayRef 199410B006194
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the B6304 in Northumberland, 20 August 2006
356 m awayRef 2006100597706
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6304 in Northumberland, 7 August 2008
378 m awayRef 2008100548008
Slight
Car crash on the B6304 in Northumberland, 24 May 1980
381 m awayRef 198010A024180
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2006100633206 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 2006.