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Fatal B6291 crash in County Durham on 20 December 1993 at 17:15 involving a Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B6291 in County Durham at 17:15 on Monday 20 December 1993. A 76-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 30-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Dec 1993
Monday, 17:15
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki Z550
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.72558, longitude -1.51446, in the DH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coxhoe.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993113BD2140
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6291
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki Z550

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki Z550)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 76, hit by vehicle 1 (Kawasaki Z550)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1993113BD2140 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 1993.