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Serious A177 crash in County Durham on 21 April 1991 at 12:30 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry and a Foden lorry were involved in a crash on the A177 in County Durham at 12:30 on Sunday 21 April 1991. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford lorry was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Apr 1991
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Ford and Foden
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64726, longitude -1.44069, in the TS21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991111AK5203
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
177
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
689

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Foden

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford)

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 1991111AK5203 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.