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C road crash in County Durham TS28 on 10 January 1985 at 11:35 involving a van

A van crashed on a C road in County Durham at 11:35 on Thursday 10 January 1985. The 33-year-old male driver and a 24-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jan 1985
Thursday, 11:35
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.69247, longitude -1.36933, in the TS28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985115BE0033
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1985115BE0033 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.