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B6302 crash in County Durham on 11 November 1987 at 06:35 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B6302 in County Durham at 06:35 on Wednesday 11 November 1987. The 31-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 1987
Wednesday, 06:35
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.78146, longitude -1.67035, in the DH7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987117BD1007
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6302
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1987117BD1007 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 1987.