A189 crash in Northumberland on 13 July 2015 at 17:10 involving an Austin Mini
Four vehicles, including an Austin Mini and a Peugeot 206, were involved in a crash on the A189 in Northumberland at 17:10 on Monday 13 July 2015. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet slip road with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2015
- Monday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 4
- Austin Mini and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.11061, longitude -1.56412, in the NE24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newsham, Northumberland, NE24 4HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015100413115
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 189
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 189
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 2023.
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Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 2 June 2011
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Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 4 March 2010
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Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 9 August 2007
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Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 12 August 2011
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Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Austin Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Citroen C4)
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 2015100413115 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 2015.