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B1326 crash in Northumberland on 23 December 2014 at 15:42 involving a Volkswagen Bora

A Volkswagen Bora crashed on the B1326 in Northumberland at 15:42 on Tuesday 23 December 2014. A 34-year-old male passenger and a 15-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2014
Tuesday, 15:42
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Bora
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.07693, longitude -1.54672, in the NE25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cramlington East & Double Row, Northumberland, NE25 0PL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014100786814
Council area
Northumberland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1326
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2014100786814 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.