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B1287 crash in County Durham on 18 July 1983 at 23:00 involving a lorry

A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1287 in County Durham at 23:00 on Monday 18 July 1983. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 19-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jul 1983
Monday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Lorry and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.83693, longitude -1.34388, in the SR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983113BF0649
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1287
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
B
Second road number
1404

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 1983113BF0649 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 1983.