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A688 crash in County Durham on 15 July 1989 at 13:47

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the A688 in County Durham at 13:47 on Saturday 15 July 1989. The 41-year-old male driver and an 82-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jul 1989
Saturday, 13:47
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.63213, longitude -1.71881, in the DL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Auckland.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989119AA1206
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
688
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,279 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1989119AA1206 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 1989.