Serious B1340 crash in Northumberland on 9 August 2018 at 17:18 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, a Mitsubishi Outlander and a Nissan X-Trail were involved in a crash on the B1340 in Northumberland at 17:18 on Thursday 9 August 2018. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly 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
- 9 Aug 2018
- Thursday, 17:18
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42205, longitude -1.68411, in the NE66 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018100317602
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1340
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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
- Moderately 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2015.
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the B1340 in Northumberland, 4 November 2015
1 m awayRef 2015100679315
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B1340 in Northumberland, 6 August 2011
5 m awayRef 2011100458711
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1340 in Northumberland, 8 October 1993
5 m awayRef 199310A216593
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1340 in Northumberland, 16 March 2010
5 m awayRef 2010100193510
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1340 in Northumberland, 8 April 2022
7 m awayRef 2022101164798
Slight
Fiat 500L crash on the B1340 in Northumberland, 7 October 2024
9 m awayRef 2024101500705
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Outlander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Nissan X-Trail
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Outlander)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018100317602 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.