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B1280 crash in County Durham on 13 June 1996 at 18:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B1280 in County Durham at 18:30 on Thursday 13 June 1996. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 57-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro were 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
Slight
Date
13 Jun 1996
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.76334, longitude -1.39713, in the DH6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996116BE7691
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1280
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 January 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

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 1996116BE7691 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.