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A690 crash in County Durham on 13 December 1998 at 16:19 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a van were involved in a crash on the A690 in County Durham at 16:19 on Sunday 13 December 1998. The 44-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 1998
Sunday, 16:19
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.80858, longitude -1.5049, in the DH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Rainton.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998118BD3347
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
690
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 1998118BD3347 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.