B6346 crash in Northumberland on 17 August 2009 at 17:20 involving a Suzuki Alto
A car, a Suzuki Alto and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B6346 in Northumberland at 17:20 on Monday 17 August 2009. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Alto was 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
- 17 Aug 2009
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Alto and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.41014, longitude -1.6983, in the NE66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alnwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alnwick Hotspur, Northumberland, NE66 1JX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009100536409
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6346
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2010.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 31 July 2010
At the same spotRef 2010100455210
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 22 October 2013
7 m awayRef 2013100598513
Slight
Car crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 13 September 1988
10 m awayRef 198810A214788
Slight
Suzuki Splash crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 21 December 2018
12 m awayRef 2018100352496
Serious
Car crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 14 February 1996
22 m awayRef 199610A002196
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 18 October 2004
22 m awayRef 2004100845704
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Alto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,061 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Alto)
- 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 2009100536409 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.