A192 crash in Northumberland on 14 August 2024 at 09:53 involving a Volkswagen Crafter lorry
A Volkswagen Crafter lorry hit a pedestrian on the A192 in Northumberland at 09:53 on Wednesday 14 August 2024. A 79-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2024
- Wednesday, 09:53
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Crafter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.16718, longitude -1.68775, in the NE61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morpeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morpeth North, Northumberland, NE61 1PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024101479547
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 192
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2007.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A192 in Northumberland, 2 March 2007
8 m awayRef 2007100137807
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A192 in Northumberland, 15 September 1995
10 m awayRef 199510C036295
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A192 in Northumberland, 17 July 1995
10 m awayRef 199510C024695
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A192 in Northumberland, 4 December 1996
10 m awayRef 199610C057696
Slight
Volkswagen Corrado crash on the A192 in Northumberland, 11 December 1993
10 m awayRef 199310A116393
Slight
Volvo crash on the A192 in Northumberland, 27 May 2009
13 m awayRef 2009100340109
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Crafter
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Crafter)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2024101479547 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.