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Serious A689 crash in County Durham on 22 February 1991 at 00:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A689 in County Durham at 00:15 on Friday 22 February 1991. A 36-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 31-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Feb 1991
Friday, 00:15
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7187, longitude -1.82796, in the DL15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991111AA4901
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 1991111AA4901 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 1991.