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Fatal unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE48 on 5 May 2024 at 18:35 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 18:35 on Sunday 5 May 2024. The 46-year-old male driver was killed and a 41-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 May 2024
Sunday, 18:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.06978, longitude -2.23057, in the NE48 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024101442841
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 99 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very 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 2024101442841 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 2024.