Serious B1339 crash in Northumberland on 22 August 2020 at 23:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B1339 in Northumberland at 23:00 on Saturday 22 August 2020. A 28-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Aug 2020
- Saturday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.48824, longitude -1.64114, 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
- 2020100975073
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1339
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 72 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 June 2013.
Serious
Kawasaki ZR750 crash on the B1339 in Northumberland, 2 June 2013
72 m awayRef 2013100280913
Slight
Bus crash on the B1339 in Northumberland, 26 April 1988
285 m awayRef 198810A205088
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on a C road in Northumberland, 14 February 2006
578 m awayRef 2006100120606
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on a C road in Northumberland, 9 August 1992
640 m awayRef 199210A211892
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B1339 in Northumberland, 24 October 2008
765 m awayRef 2008100772208
Slight
Volvo 480 crash on the B1339 in Northumberland, 12 November 1997
765 m awayRef 199710A018497
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2020100975073 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.