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B6300 crash in County Durham on 3 February 1997 at 17:50 involving a Jeep Cherokee

A Jeep Cherokee and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the B6300 in County Durham at 17:50 on Monday 3 February 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 1997
Monday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Jeep Cherokee and Mitsubishi Shogun
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.73512, longitude -1.59308, 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
1997117BD9272
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6300
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jeep Cherokee)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1997117BD9272 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.