Serious A190 crash in Northumberland on 22 August 2018 at 15:25 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A190 in Northumberland at 15:25 on Wednesday 22 August 2018. The 80-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and the 41-year-old female driver of the BMW 5 Series were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Aug 2018
- Wednesday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.08596, longitude -1.48156, in the NE26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hartley, Northumberland, NE26 4HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018100321058
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 190
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 193
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
- Less 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2011.
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 3 December 2011
4 m awayRef 2011100723711
Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 11 May 2006
8 m awayRef 2006100324706
Slight
Lexus UX 250 crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 19 August 2025
15 m awayRef 2025101631660
Serious
Mini One crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 16 February 2021
17 m awayRef 2021101022114
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 17 November 1985
44 m awayRef 198510C515285
Slight
Car crash on the A190 in Northumberland, 21 October 1980
44 m awayRef 198010B031480
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018100321058 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.