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A19 crash in County Durham on 24 January 1996 at 13:15 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van and an LDV 200 Series van were involved in a crash on the A19 in County Durham at 13:15 on Wednesday 24 January 1996. The 35-year-old male driver of the Mercedes van, the 55-year-old male driver of the LDV 200 Series van and a 49-year-old male passenger in the LDV 200 Series van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 1996
Wednesday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and LDV 200 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.75335, longitude -1.36061, in the SR8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996116BE6897
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Dual carriageway
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

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: LDV 200 Series

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 200 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 200 Series)

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 1996116BE6897 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.