B6299 crash in County Durham on 10 May 2001 at 22:25 involving a Toyota Hilux van
A Toyota Hilux van crashed on the B6299 in County Durham at 22:25 on Thursday 10 May 2001. The 23-year-old male driver and a 23-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 2001
- Thursday, 22:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Hilux
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.73966, longitude -1.77444, in the DL13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200111AA13780
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6299
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 October 1988.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6299 in County Durham, 8 October 1988
20 m awayRef 1988118AA0745
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the B6299 in County Durham, 28 April 2021
68 m awayRef 2021111046145
Slight
Lorry crash on the B6299 in County Durham, 24 January 1986
86 m awayRef 1986116AA0069
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6299 in County Durham, 18 May 1992
108 m awayRef 1992112AB7557
Slight
Car crash on the B6299 in County Durham, 22 April 1986
171 m awayRef 1986116AA0300
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B6299 in County Durham, 27 March 2022
172 m awayRef 2022111175988
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,446 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)
- 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 200111AA13780 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 2001.