B1285 crash in County Durham on 3 October 2000 at 19:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the B1285 in County Durham at 19:05 on Tuesday 3 October 2000. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 33-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2000
- Tuesday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.84507, longitude -1.36803, in the SR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaham.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200011BF30200
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1285
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1404
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1285 in County Durham, 23 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200311BF24770
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1285 in County Durham, 9 October 1999
At the same spotRef 1999119BF2933
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1285 in County Durham, 21 November 2012
6 m awayRef 201211NF29092
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1285 in County Durham, 27 April 2017
6 m awayRef 2017110182945
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B1285 in County Durham, 3 October 2013
7 m awayRef 201311NF26953
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the B1285 in County Durham, 26 November 2024
8 m awayRef 2024111522609
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200011BF30200 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.