A69 crash in Northumberland on 2 August 2024 at 12:05 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the A69 in Northumberland at 12:05 on Friday 2 August 2024. The 35-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Tucson was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2024
- Friday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Hyundai Tucson
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.97692, longitude -2.56066, in the CA8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024101475276
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 69
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 1993.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 7 July 1993
19 m awayRef 199310A411293
Slight
Car crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 9 November 1989
64 m awayRef 198910A428889
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 24 February 2015
92 m awayRef 2015100100615
Slight
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 11 January 2001
180 m awayRef 200110B011601
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 27 November 2003
184 m awayRef 2003101033903
Slight
Minibus crash on the A69 in Northumberland, 17 November 1986
188 m awayRef 198610A427586
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
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 2024101475276 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.