A1171 crash in Northumberland on 21 January 2019 at 19:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A1171 in Northumberland at 19:10 on Monday 21 January 2019. The 24-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 59-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2019
- Monday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.08743, longitude -1.59611, in the NE23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cramlington Village, Northumberland, NE23 6UR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019100809540
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1171
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- 1171
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A1171 in Northumberland, 16 February 1989
3 m awayRef 198910C502889
Slight
Car crash on the A1171 in Northumberland, 16 June 1989
3 m awayRef 198910C509389
Slight
Car crash on the A1171 in Northumberland, 4 December 1988
3 m awayRef 198810C519288
Slight
Car crash on the A1172 in Northumberland, 18 August 1991
3 m awayRef 199110C513791
Serious
Car crash on the A1171 in Northumberland, 3 April 1981
3 m awayRef 198110B009481
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A1171 in Northumberland, 14 June 2017
6 m awayRef 2017100191967
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2019100809540 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 2019.