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Unclassified road crash in County Durham DL5 on 8 July 1985 at 14:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in County Durham at 14:50 on Monday 8 July 1985. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 37-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jul 1985
Monday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.62697, longitude -1.5813, in the DL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Aycliffe.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985115AK0526
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1985115AK0526 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 1985.