B6278 crash in Northumberland on 13 September 2016 at 11:50 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the B6278 in Northumberland at 11:50 on Tuesday 13 September 2016. The 40-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Sep 2016
- Tuesday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and Iveco-Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.85522, longitude -1.95386, in the DH8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016100129598
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6278
- 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
- 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, 74 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the B6278 in County Durham, 4 December 1983
74 m awayRef 1983113CI0733
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6278 in Northumberland, 21 October 2004
100 m awayRef 2004100854104
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the B6278 in Northumberland, 12 November 2016
101 m awayRef 2016100167595
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6278 in Northumberland, 6 August 2009
112 m awayRef 2009100512709
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the B6278 in Northumberland, 30 July 2024
114 m awayRef 2024101474638
Slight
Car crash on the B6278 in County Durham, 22 May 1982
224 m awayRef 1982112CI0266
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,692 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,908 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)
- 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 2016100129598 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.