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A1086 crash in County Durham on 26 January 1990 at 15:50 involving a Morris Marina

A Morris Marina crashed on the A1086 in County Durham at 15:50 on Friday 26 January 1990. The 59-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1990
Friday, 15:50
Vehicles
1
Morris Marina
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.73929, longitude -1.27277, in the TS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackhall Colliery.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990110BE2675
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1086
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Marina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Marina)

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 1990110BE2675 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.