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Unclassified road crash in County Durham DL5 on 15 January 1998 at 19:00 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in County Durham at 19:00 on Thursday 15 January 1998. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion, a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Orion and the 37-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 1998
Thursday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Ford Sierra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.62846, longitude -1.57045, in the DL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Aycliffe.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998118AK0264
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 1998118AK0264 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.