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A690 crash in County Durham on 9 November 2000 at 16:15 involving a Skoda Favorit

A car and a Skoda Favorit were involved in a crash on the A690 in County Durham at 16:15 on Thursday 9 November 2000. The 35-year-old male driver of the Skoda Favorit and a 35-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Favorit were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 2000
Thursday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Skoda Favorit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7751, longitude -1.58458, in the DH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Durham.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200011BD34430
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
690
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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 23 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Favorit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Favorit)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200011BD34430 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 2000.