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A19 crash in County Durham on 30 December 1990 at 10:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A19 in County Durham at 10:15 on Sunday 30 December 1990. The 28-year-old female driver and a 25-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1990
Sunday, 10:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.72418, longitude -1.33313, in the TS27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990110BE5006
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 1990110BE5006 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.