B6323 crash in Northumberland on 19 October 2016 at 06:50 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the B6323 in Northumberland at 06:50 on Wednesday 19 October 2016. The 25-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3 and the 57-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Oct 2016
- Wednesday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 3 and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.03078, longitude -1.74992, in the NE20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100127854
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6323
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2009.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the B6323 in Northumberland, 1 January 2009
3 m awayRef 2009100004409
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B6323 in Northumberland, 28 August 1999
7 m awayRef 199910C308199
Slight
Car crash on the B6323 in Northumberland, 17 May 1987
9 m awayRef 198710A105487
Serious
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B6323 in Northumberland, 20 October 2003
11 m awayRef 2003100897703
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6323 in Northumberland, 16 January 1998
19 m awayRef 199810C003198
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the B6323 in Northumberland, 20 December 2001
19 m awayRef 200110C488201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2016100127854 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.