Serious B6525 crash in Northumberland on 1 December 2021 at 16:05 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira hit two pedestrians on the B6525 in Northumberland at 16:05 on Wednesday 1 December 2021. A 57-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 59-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Dec 2021
- Wednesday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.55036, longitude -2.01333, in the NE71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wooler.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021101148583
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6525
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 697
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 November 1998.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 1 November 1998
11 m awayRef 199810A019598
Slight
MAN crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 6 June 1997
11 m awayRef 199710A007797
Slight
Yamaha XJR crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 15 July 2023
12 m awayRef 2023101330575
Slight
Scania crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 23 January 2015
12 m awayRef 2015100045115
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 17 February 2020
15 m awayRef 2020100933557
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 7 February 1994
20 m awayRef 199410A001494
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- 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 2021101148583 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.