A196 crash in Northumberland on 31 December 2014 at 10:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A196 in Northumberland at 10:15 on Wednesday 31 December 2014. The 36-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2014
- Wednesday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.1693, longitude -1.56393, in the NE63 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashington. It is one of the crashes that make up the College with North Seaton, Northumberland, NE63 9RG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014100799414
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 196
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1334
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 1 December 2016
3 m awayRef 2016100171444
Slight
Skoda Citigo crash on the B1334 in Northumberland, 21 January 2020
5 m awayRef 2020100922301
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A196 in Northumberland, 19 December 2001
6 m awayRef 200110C484501
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A196 in Northumberland, 12 November 1979
6 m awayRef 197910B034379
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A196 in Northumberland, 24 November 1995
6 m awayRef 199510C047195
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A196 in Northumberland, 22 September 2019
7 m awayRef 2019100880028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
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 2014100799414 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.