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A691 crash in County Durham on 16 February 1994 at 08:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, a Ford Fiesta and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A691 in County Durham at 08:00 on Wednesday 16 February 1994. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 1994
Wednesday, 08:00
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.80573, longitude -1.64215, in the DH7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994114BD2595
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
691
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)

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 1994114BD2595 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 1994.