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A1086 crash in County Durham on 12 March 1996 at 14:00 involving a Fiat Tipo

A car and a Fiat Tipo were involved in a crash on the A1086 in County Durham at 14:00 on Tuesday 12 March 1996. A 37-year-old male passenger in the car, a 39-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Tipo and the 42-year-old male driver of the Fiat Tipo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 1996
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Fiat Tipo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.77336, longitude -1.33776, 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
1996116BE7166
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1086
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,756 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

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 1996116BE7166 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.