A189 crash in Northumberland on 31 July 2020 at 12:25 involving a Ford Transit Connect lorry
A Ford Transit Connect lorry and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A189 in Northumberland at 12:25 on Friday 31 July 2020. The 25-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 2020
- Friday, 12:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Connect and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06781, longitude -1.57686, in the NE23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cramlington South East, Northumberland, NE23 6NS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020100969526
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 189
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 December 1994.
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 18 December 1994
6 m awayRef 199410C052194
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 6 February 2013
10 m awayRef 2013100090413
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 25 July 2013
17 m awayRef 2013100373113
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 13 April 2016
22 m awayRef 2016100062329
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 29 March 1996
22 m awayRef 199610C015396
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A189 in Northumberland, 11 July 2006
27 m awayRef 2006100480606
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020100969526 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.