B6345 crash in Northumberland on 4 March 2016 at 08:35 involving a BMW Z4
A BMW Z4 and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the B6345 in Northumberland at 08:35 on Friday 4 March 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the BMW Z4 and the 25-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Mar 2016
- Friday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW Z4 and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.29237, longitude -1.69363, in the NE65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100049422
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6345
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 390 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2001.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6345 in Northumberland, 10 July 2001
390 m awayRef 200110A249001
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B6345 in Northumberland, 13 February 2011
401 m awayRef 2011100080111
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B6345 in Northumberland, 18 January 1993
533 m awayRef 199310A100693
Slight
Lorry crash on the B6345 in Northumberland, 29 November 1990
667 m awayRef 199010A118790
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the B6345 in Northumberland, 29 November 2003
977 m awayRef 2003101042803
Slight
Car crash on the B6345 in Northumberland, 20 May 2011
981 m awayRef 2011100291711
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW Z4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW Z4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
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 2016100049422 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.