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B6277 crash in County Durham on 7 March 1999 at 06:45 involving an ERF lorry

An ERF lorry crashed on the B6277 in County Durham at 06:45 on Sunday 7 March 1999. The 40-year-old male driver and a 29-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 1999
Sunday, 06:45
Vehicles
1
ERF
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.67629, longitude -2.22902, in the DL12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999119DC0691
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6277
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: ERF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (ERF)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (ERF)

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 1999119DC0691 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.