B6346 crash in Northumberland on 11 May 2016 at 08:50 involving a Peugeot 508
A Peugeot 508 and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the B6346 in Northumberland at 08:50 on Wednesday 11 May 2016. The 26-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 May 2016
- Wednesday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 508 and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.40985, longitude -1.69712, in the NE66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alnwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alnwick Hotspur, Northumberland, NE66 1JX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100068097
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6346
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 20 May 2008
5 m awayRef 2008100352908
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 12 December 2004
23 m awayRef 2004101048004
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 3 June 2005
28 m awayRef 2005100470805
Serious
Volvo crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 21 August 2018
36 m awayRef 2018100323293
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 18 October 2004
59 m awayRef 2004100845704
Serious
Car crash on the B6346 in Northumberland, 14 February 1996
59 m awayRef 199610A002196
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 508
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
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 2016100068097 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.