A1068 crash in Northumberland on 14 October 2010 at 15:25 involving a Mercedes B Class
A Mercedes B Class and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 15:25 on Thursday 14 October 2010. The 59-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Oct 2010
- Thursday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes B Class and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.4086, longitude -1.69389, in the NE66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alnwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, NE66 2PH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010100634910
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1068
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1068
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2019.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 15 February 2019
5 m awayRef 2019100816527
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 22 September 2012
6 m awayRef 2012100524712
Slight
Car crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 25 November 1990
10 m awayRef 199010A225990
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 12 March 1994
10 m awayRef 199410A004294
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 24 May 1990
10 m awayRef 199010A209990
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 7 March 2022
16 m awayRef 2022101151179
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes B Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
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 2010100634910 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.