B6524 crash in Northumberland on 3 August 2010 at 08:20 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Renault Espace were involved in a crash on the B6524 in Northumberland at 08:20 on Tuesday 3 August 2010. The 55-year-old male driver of the Scania lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2010
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Renault Espace
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.15012, longitude -1.7136, in the NE61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010100493210
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6524
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2001.
Slight
Ford Maverick crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 14 January 2001
At the same spotRef 200110C016301
Slight
ERF crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 2 April 2004
10 m awayRef 2004100270904
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 14 September 1987
10 m awayRef 198710A111287
Slight
Car crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 13 December 1989
14 m awayRef 198910A118289
Slight
Minibus crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 8 November 2001
14 m awayRef 200110C421901
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B6524 in Northumberland, 1 June 1997
32 m awayRef 199710C023597
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,705 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,068 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Scania)
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 2010100493210 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 2010.