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Serious A19 crash in County Durham on 20 April 1997 at 10:45 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A Triumph motorcycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A19 in County Durham at 10:45 on Sunday 20 April 1997. The 42-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Apr 1997
Sunday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Triumph and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.80475, longitude -1.35949, in the SR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997117BF9578
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

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 serious injury crash on 26 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1997117BF9578 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.