B6344 crash in Northumberland on 24 September 2010 at 14:45 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
Two Vauxhall Vectras were involved in a crash on the B6344 in Northumberland at 14:45 on Friday 24 September 2010. The 54-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2010
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.28419, longitude -1.80317, in the NE65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010100586610
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6344
- 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 with 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2018.
Slight
Honda VFR800F crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 21 August 2018
6 m awayRef 2018100321191
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 8 July 1999
30 m awayRef 199910A252299
Slight
Lorry crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 7 April 2009
58 m awayRef 2009100221409
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 19 January 1992
61 m awayRef 199210A201392
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 27 September 2006
85 m awayRef 2006100693006
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B6344 in Northumberland, 29 September 2009
95 m awayRef 2009100645609
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2010100586610 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.