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A689 crash in County Durham on 5 August 1998 at 11:21 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A689 in County Durham at 11:21 on Wednesday 5 August 1998. The 47-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort, a 13-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and the 50-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 1998
Wednesday, 11:21
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Austin Metro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.66322, longitude -1.67798, in the DL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishop Auckland.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998118AA2176
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1998118AA2176 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 1998.