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Serious A693 crash in County Durham on 27 July 1997 at 00:55 involving a Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF 1000 R motorcycle crashed on the A693 in County Durham at 00:55 on Sunday 27 July 1997. A 19-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jul 1997
Sunday, 00:55
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YZF 1000 R
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.86771, longitude -1.57648, in the DH3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997117CG0133
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
693
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF 1000 R

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,002 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF 1000 R)

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 1997117CG0133 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.