A697 crash in Northumberland on 10 November 2012 at 16:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A697 in Northumberland at 16:15 on Saturday 10 November 2012. A 49-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Nov 2012
- Saturday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.54002, longitude -2.00551, in the NE71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wooler.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012100618812
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 697
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 July 2000.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 1 July 2000
13 m awayRef 200010A240400
Slight
Suzuki Jimny crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 12 August 2004
88 m awayRef 2004100651304
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 2 November 1991
106 m awayRef 199110A223291
Slight
Car crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 5 August 1979
187 m awayRef 197910A041579
Slight
Lorry crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 18 October 1983
212 m awayRef 198310A219483
Slight
Car crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 17 December 1981
325 m awayRef 198110A071381
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- 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 2012100618812 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 2012.