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Fatal B6168 crash in County Durham on 4 April 1995 at 09:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the B6168 in County Durham at 09:30 on Tuesday 4 April 1995. A 61-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 60-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Apr 1995
Tuesday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88175, longitude -1.74685, in the DH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dipton.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995115CH5022
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6168
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1995115CH5022 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.