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A690 crash in County Durham on 6 January 1979 at 19:30 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A690 in County Durham at 19:30 on Saturday 6 January 1979. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1979
Saturday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.77848, longitude -1.57865, in the DH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Durham.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979119BD0020
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
690
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
691

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1979119BD0020 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 1979.