B6531 crash in Northumberland on 5 May 2017 at 11:05 involving a Citroen DS3
A car, a Citroen DS3 and a Jaguar XF Series were involved in a crash on the B6531 in Northumberland at 11:05 on Friday 5 May 2017. A 43-year-old female passenger in the Citroen DS3 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
- 5 May 2017
- Friday, 11:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen DS3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97873, longitude -2.12777, in the NE46 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017100179007
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6531
- 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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6531 in Northumberland, 22 October 2001
31 m awayRef 200110B398901
Slight
Car crash on the B6531 in Northumberland, 3 November 1985
50 m awayRef 198510A422585
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the B6531 in Northumberland, 24 April 2007
84 m awayRef 2007100275107
Slight
Van crash on the B6531 in Northumberland, 13 January 1986
236 m awayRef 198610A400986
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B6531 in Northumberland, 8 November 2003
256 m awayRef 2003100958903
Serious
Car crash on the B6531 in Northumberland, 10 April 1981
334 m awayRef 198110A013081
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Jaguar XF Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen DS3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017100179007 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 2017.