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Serious A19 crash in County Durham on 26 November 1995 at 12:04 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A19 in County Durham at 12:04 on Sunday 26 November 1995. The 25-year-old female driver and a 28-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Nov 1995
Sunday, 12:04
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.81639, longitude -1.36787, in the SR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Murton.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995115BF6446
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
19

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1995115BF6446 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.