Serious A1 crash in Northumberland on 15 November 2016 at 08:45 involving a MAN lorry
A MAN lorry and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A1 in Northumberland at 08:45 on Tuesday 15 November 2016. The 57-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Nov 2016
- Tuesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- MAN and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.66313, longitude -1.90292, in the TD15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100126514
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 June 2016.
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 19 June 2016
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Motorcycle crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 2 September 1989
9 m awayRef 198910A214189
Slight
Volkswagen T-Roc crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 29 August 2025
29 m awayRef 2025101634879
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 15 August 1985
48 m awayRef 198510A214185
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 8 March 1982
239 m awayRef 198210A203382
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in Northumberland, 23 December 1979
239 m awayRef 197910A067479
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,419 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016100126514 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.