A69 crash in Northumberland on 12 July 2018 at 17:15 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A69 in Northumberland at 17:15 on Thursday 12 July 2018. The 43-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Mokka, the 76-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and a 72-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series were 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
- 12 Jul 2018
- Thursday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96633, longitude -2.4895, in the NE49 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018100309803
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 69
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 1 September 1988
45 m awayRef 198810A418988
Fatal
Car crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 4 December 1988
45 m awayRef 198810A428388
Serious
Leyland DAF FA 60 crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 28 January 2000
61 m awayRef 200010B035800
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 17 July 1980
149 m awayRef 198010A037080
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 17 September 1981
222 m awayRef 198110A051081
Slight
BMW X6 crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 17 October 2024
238 m awayRef 2024101505035
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Mokka)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018100309803 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 2018.