Skip to main content
CrashStats

A688 crash in County Durham on 25 March 1999 at 20:05 involving an LDV 400 Series van

An LDV 400 Series van and a Bedford van were involved in a crash on the A688 in County Durham at 20:05 on Thursday 25 March 1999. The 31-year-old male driver of the LDV 400 Series van, a 42-year-old male passenger in the LDV 400 Series van and the 31-year-old male driver of the Bedford van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 1999
Thursday, 20:05
Vehicles
2
LDV 400 Series and Bedford
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.70889, longitude -1.53916, 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
1999119BD0862
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: LDV 400 Series

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,951 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

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 1999119BD0862 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.