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Serious A688 crash in County Durham on 3 May 1998 at 17:45 involving a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle

A Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle and a Proton Proton were involved in a crash on the A688 in County Durham at 17:45 on Sunday 3 May 1998. The 40-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle was seriously injured and a 38-year-old female passenger on the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle and the 74-year-old female driver of the Proton Proton were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 1998
Sunday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Honda CBR1100XX and Proton Proton
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.5983, longitude -1.78451, in the DL2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998118DC1473
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
688
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
C

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 15 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR1100XX

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,137 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Proton Proton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1100XX)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1100XX)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Proton Proton)

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 1998118DC1473 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.