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Serious A1086 crash in County Durham on 4 July 1985 at 23:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the A1086 in County Durham at 23:00 on Thursday 4 July 1985. A 20-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jul 1985
Thursday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.77399, longitude -1.32143, in the SR8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985115BE0595
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1086
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 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
1283

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 serious injury crash on 15 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1985115BE0595 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.