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A19 crash in County Durham on 15 February 1987 at 03:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the A19 in County Durham at 03:40 on Sunday 15 February 1987. A 36-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1987
Sunday, 03:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.8443, longitude -1.37755, in the SR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987117BF0135
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
1404

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, 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 1987117BF0135 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.