Unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE42 on 22 November 2021 at 09:40 involving a Volvo S80
A Volvo S80 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 09:40 on Monday 22 November 2021. The 82-year-old male driver of the Volvo S80 and the 31-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Nov 2021
- Monday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo S80 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.96327, longitude -1.85975, in the NE42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prudhoe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Prudhoe West & Mickley, Northumberland, NE42 6NE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021101112683
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 1998.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 14 May 1998
1 m awayRef 199810B007898
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 20 November 1991
29 m awayRef 199110A424091
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland, 10 June 2001
63 m awayRef 200110B227101
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Northumberland, 16 July 1983
67 m awayRef 198310A410783
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in Northumberland, 16 February 2001
92 m awayRef 200110B067801
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Northumberland, 9 May 1982
93 m awayRef 198210A406782
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S80)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2021101112683 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 2021.