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B6291 crash in County Durham on 24 October 1996 at 13:15 involving a Suzuki Supercarry van

A Suzuki Supercarry van hit a pedestrian on the B6291 in County Durham at 13:15 on Thursday 24 October 1996. An 8-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1996
Thursday, 13:15
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.71718, longitude -1.50493, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996116BD8426
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
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Supercarry

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Supercarry)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 1996116BD8426 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 1996.