B6349 crash in Northumberland on 3 May 2008 at 20:38 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B6349 in Northumberland at 20:38 on Saturday 3 May 2008. The 25-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna and the 61-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2008
- Saturday, 20:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.57993, longitude -1.88814, 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
- 2008100307808
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6349
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 August 2015.
Serious
Honda CBR900RR crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 4 August 2015
81 m awayRef 2015100475415
Serious
Fiat Mirafiori crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 19 May 1990
392 m awayRef 199010A209690
Serious
Nissan Leaf crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 5 April 2024
432 m awayRef 2024101428566
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 9 January 2005
556 m awayRef 2005100016305
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 11 February 1996
796 m awayRef 199610A001996
Slight
Car crash on the B6349 in Northumberland, 21 February 1979
982 m awayRef 197910A007379
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2008100307808 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 2008.