Skip to main content
CrashStats

A688 crash in County Durham on 25 January 1999 at 07:40 involving a Ford Fiesta

A bus or coach and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A688 in County Durham at 07:40 on Monday 25 January 1999. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 32-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 1999
Monday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.73048, longitude -1.52215, in the DH6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999119BD0322
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A(M)
Second road number
1

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 slight injury crash on 21 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1999119BD0322 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 1999.