B6341 crash in Northumberland on 1 August 2014 at 15:35 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B6341 in Northumberland at 15:35 on Friday 1 August 2014. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Aug 2014
- Friday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.43804, longitude -1.70814, in the NE66 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100453914
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6341
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 27 October 1981
5 m awayRef 198110A059881
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 24 May 1980
14 m awayRef 198010A023680
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 20 June 1984
14 m awayRef 198410A208084
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6341 in Northumberland, 25 January 2002
67 m awayRef 200210A028802
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 30 October 1979
98 m awayRef 197910A057379
Serious
Lorry crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 18 July 1985
98 m awayRef 198510A211285
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2014100453914 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 2014.