A1068 crash in Northumberland on 23 December 2012 at 15:00 involving a Fiat Doblo
Four vehicles, including a car and a Fiat Doblo, were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 15:00 on Sunday 23 December 2012. The 75-year-old female driver of the car and the 51-year-old female driver of the Fiat Doblo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2012
- Sunday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Fiat Doblo and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.29694, longitude -1.59131, 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
- 2012100748712
- 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
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a fatal crash on 13 July 1996.
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 13 July 1996
13 m awayRef 199610C030896
Fatal
Suzuki Ignis crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 1 August 2006
26 m awayRef 2006100542606
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 1 August 2004
40 m awayRef 2004100626704
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 16 February 1986
63 m awayRef 198610A101386
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 7 June 1994
69 m awayRef 199410C022994
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 17 February 1994
69 m awayRef 199410C006194
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Doblo
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Mercedes ML Class
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
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,688 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Doblo)
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 2012100748712 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.