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B1320 crash in County Durham on 18 December 1997 at 19:10 involving a Citroen BX

A car and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the B1320 in County Durham at 19:10 on Thursday 18 December 1997. A 62-year-old male passenger in the Citroen BX was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1997
Thursday, 19:10
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen BX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.75859, longitude -1.33116, in the SR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterlee.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997117BE1373
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1320
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1320

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 11 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

    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 1997117BE1373 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.