B6173 crash in County Durham on 23 July 1985 at 19:00 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6173 in County Durham at 19:00 on Tuesday 23 July 1985. The 29-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 1985
- Tuesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88032, longitude -1.71132, in the DH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tanfield Lea.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985115CI0433
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6173
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1987.
Slight
Van crash on the B6173 in County Durham, 28 October 1987
10 m awayRef 1987117CI0611
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6173 in County Durham, 16 March 2008
10 m awayRef 200811NH06648
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 9 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025111682234
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on the B6173 in County Durham, 18 March 1999
14 m awayRef 1999119CH0868
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B6173 in County Durham, 21 October 2001
14 m awayRef 200111CI32430
Slight
Talbot Express crash on the B1673 in County Durham, 24 October 1991
14 m awayRef 1991111CH7043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 29, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 1985115CI0433 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.