Serious A1061 crash in Northumberland on 19 July 2020 at 08:56 involving a Volkswagen Urban
A Volkswagen Urban and a Peugeot Partner were involved in a crash on the A1061 in Northumberland at 08:56 on Sunday 19 July 2020. The 64-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Urban was seriously injured and the 33-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Jul 2020
- Sunday, 08:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Urban and Peugeot Partner
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.10158, longitude -1.55273, in the NE24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020100965602
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1061
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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 26 January 2009.
Slight
Iveco crash on the A1061 in Northumberland, 26 January 2009
4 m awayRef 2009100038409
Slight
Car crash on the A1061 in Northumberland, 15 February 1988
18 m awayRef 198810C502788
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A1061 in Northumberland, 27 October 2025
23 m awayRef 2025101660111
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1061 in Northumberland, 16 October 2015
68 m awayRef 2015100782515
Serious
Car crash on the A1061 in Northumberland, 14 January 1982
90 m awayRef 198210C500782
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1061 in Northumberland, 16 December 2008
93 m awayRef 2008100911508
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Urban
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Partner
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Urban)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Partner)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020100965602 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 2020.