A1068 crash in Northumberland on 7 January 2025 at 16:30 involving a Peugeot Partner van
A Peugeot Partner van and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A1068 in Northumberland at 16:30 on Tuesday 7 January 2025. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and the 29-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Tuesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.13117, longitude -1.60026, in the NE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedlington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedlington Central, Northumberland, NE22 5UA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025101538895
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1068
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1068
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2019.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 18 September 2019
4 m awayRef 2019100879028
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 27 July 2021
4 m awayRef 2021101072512
Slight
Van crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 22 March 1994
6 m awayRef 199410C012194
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 12 January 1994
6 m awayRef 199410C002994
Serious
Fiat Panda crash on the A1068 in Northumberland, 16 February 2022
8 m awayRef 2022101144294
Slight
Car crash on the A193 in Northumberland, 18 December 1987
11 m awayRef 198710A617187
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025101538895 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 2025.