A1068 crash in Northumberland on 5 March 2016 at 21:20 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the A1068 in Northumberland at 21:20 on Saturday 5 March 2016. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was 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
- 5 Mar 2016
- Saturday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.27918, longitude -1.60046, in the NE61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100049214
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1068
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 73 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 21 December 2009
73 m awayRef 2009100891209
Slight
Car crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 7 August 1986
92 m awayRef 198610A109186
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 18 October 2008
103 m awayRef 2008100734008
Serious
Car crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 25 April 1985
146 m awayRef 198510A103585
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 3 February 1983
146 m awayRef 198310A101883
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 11 October 1985
146 m awayRef 198510A113085
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016100049214 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 2016.