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Serious unclassified road crash in Northumberland NE61 on 25 February 2025 at 18:45 involving a Toyota Yaris

A Toyota Yaris and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Northumberland at 18:45 on Tuesday 25 February 2025. The 42-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Feb 2025
Tuesday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Toyota Yaris and Kia Sportage
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.15947, longitude -1.68156, in the NE61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morpeth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morpeth Stobhill, Northumberland, NE61 2UJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025101558741
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
192

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,591 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most 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 2025101558741 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.