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A689 crash in County Durham on 12 March 1986 at 10:35 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A689 in County Durham at 10:35 on Wednesday 12 March 1986. A 64-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 1986
Wednesday, 10:35
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.66409, longitude -1.63642, in the DL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coundon and Leeholme.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986116AA0202
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 1986116AA0202 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 1986.