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Unclassified road crash in County Durham DL4 on 18 April 1990 at 07:45 involving a Morris Mini

A Morris Mini hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in County Durham at 07:45 on Wednesday 18 April 1990. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 1990
Wednesday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Morris Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.62397, longitude -1.65614, in the DL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shildon.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990110AK3012
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Morris Mini)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    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 1990110AK3012 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 1990.