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B1279 crash in County Durham on 21 June 1991 at 02:59 involving a Vauxhall Calibra

A Vauxhall Calibra crashed on the B1279 in County Durham at 02:59 on Friday 21 June 1991. A 25-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jun 1991
Friday, 02:59
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Calibra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7508, longitude -1.4256, in the DH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thornley.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991111BE6245
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1279
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1991111BE6245 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.