Serious B6342 crash in Northumberland on 28 May 2023 at 12:40 involving a Nissan Juke
A Nissan Juke and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B6342 in Northumberland at 12:40 on Sunday 28 May 2023. There were seven casualties: one person was seriously injured and six were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 May 2023
- Sunday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Juke and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 7
- 1 seriously injured, 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.20116, longitude -1.93292, in the NE61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023101313052
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6342
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- Moderately 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 June 2025.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 8 June 2025
3 m awayRef 2025101609804
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 25 August 2019
6 m awayRef 2019100871468
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 27 May 2004
9 m awayRef 2004100427604
Serious
Car crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 8 May 2005
9 m awayRef 2005100362405
Slight
Audi C crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 18 March 1990
12 m awayRef 199010A205390
Serious
Austin Morris Mini crash on the B6342 in Northumberland, 18 May 1990
13 m awayRef 199010A106690
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 6: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2023101313052 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 2023.