B6303 crash in Northumberland on 19 May 2009 at 16:55 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Suzuki Vitara were involved in a crash on the B6303 in Northumberland at 16:55 on Tuesday 19 May 2009. The 80-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2009
- Tuesday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Suzuki Vitara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.90522, longitude -2.25761, 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
- 2009100323209
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6303
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 129 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the B6303 in Northumberland, 11 June 2015
129 m awayRef 2015100331715
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the B6303 in Northumberland, 22 July 1999
149 m awayRef 199910B267799
Slight
Car crash on the B6295 in Northumberland, 12 December 1986
192 m awayRef 198610A430086
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the B6303 in Northumberland, 13 May 2015
234 m awayRef 2015100276415
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6303 in Northumberland, 30 September 2013
241 m awayRef 2013100527413
Serious
Van crash on the B6303 in Northumberland, 30 May 1984
404 m awayRef 198410A410184
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2009100323209 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 2009.