A189 crash in Northumberland on 25 July 2013 at 07:15 involving a Citroen C1
A Citroen C1 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A189 in Northumberland at 07:15 on Thursday 25 July 2013. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2013
- Thursday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C1 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.0677, longitude -1.57666, in the NE23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cramlington South East, Northumberland, NE23 6NS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013100373113
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 189
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 11 July 2006
13 m awayRef 2006100480606
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 18 December 1994
15 m awayRef 199410C052194
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 31 July 2020
17 m awayRef 2020100969526
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 13 April 2016
20 m awayRef 2016100062329
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 6 February 2013
23 m awayRef 2013100090413
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 17 December 2025
24 m awayRef 2025101685809
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2013100373113 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 2013.