Serious A1 crash in Northumberland on 17 September 2008 at 10:27 involving a Nissan Note
A Nissan Note and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A1 in Northumberland at 10:27 on Wednesday 17 September 2008. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Sep 2008
- Wednesday, 10:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Note and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.65469, longitude -1.89031, in the TD15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008100649108
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6353
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2011.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 16 January 2011
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Serious
Porsche 928 crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 3 October 1991
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Fatal
Rover Mini crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 17 July 2002
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Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the B6353 in Northumberland, 26 April 2025
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Slight
Scania crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 15 June 2017
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Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 30 August 2016
8 m awayRef 2016100117213
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2008100649108 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.