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B6298 crash in County Durham on 30 March 1998 at 23:35 involving a Daihatsu Charade

A Daihatsu Charade crashed on the B6298 in County Durham at 23:35 on Monday 30 March 1998. The 28-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Mar 1998
Monday, 23:35
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Charade
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.71524, longitude -1.74881, in the DL15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crook.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998118AB1071
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6298
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Charade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)

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 1998118AB1071 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.