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B6299 crash in County Durham on 11 November 1995 at 13:25 involving a Mercedes van

A lorry and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the B6299 in County Durham at 13:25 on Saturday 11 November 1995. The 29-year-old male driver of the Mercedes van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 1995
Saturday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.74119, longitude -1.78749, in the DL13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995115AB4822
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6299
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,404 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

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 1995115AB4822 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 1995.