A697 crash in Northumberland on 26 September 2025 at 14:24 involving a Peugeot 107
A Peugeot 107 and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A697 in Northumberland at 14:24 on Friday 26 September 2025. The 25-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 107, the 84-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and an 81-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2025
- Friday, 14:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 107 and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.34972, longitude -1.84644, in the NE66 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Northumberland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025101647338
- Council area
- Northumberland
- Police force
- Northumbria
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 697
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6341
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 March 2024.
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 16 March 2024
2 m awayRef 2024101421397
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 23 September 2015
2 m awayRef 2015100629015
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 3 May 2004
4 m awayRef 2004100351404
Serious
Volvo XC90 crash on the B6341 in Northumberland, 18 September 2024
5 m awayRef 2024101493235
Serious
Nissan Primera crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 7 June 2002
6 m awayRef 200210A211902
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A697 in Northumberland, 23 August 2002
6 m awayRef 2002100159902
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025101647338 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.