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A1086 crash in County Durham on 23 February 1997 at 13:40 involving a Toyota Corolla

A car and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A1086 in County Durham at 13:40 on Sunday 23 February 1997. A 17-year-old male passenger in the car, an 18-year-old male passenger in the car and the 81-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Feb 1997
Sunday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.74029, longitude -1.27493, in the TS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackhall Colliery.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997117BE9241
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

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 1997117BE9241 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.