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Serious C road crash in County Durham DL14 on 28 March 1997 at 13:35 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion hit a pedestrian on a C road in County Durham at 13:35 on Friday 28 March 1997. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Mar 1997
Friday, 13:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.65189, longitude -1.67853, in the DL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishop Auckland.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997117AA0668
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 20 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 1997117AA0668 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 1997.