B6286 crash in County Durham on 4 November 2001 at 13:50 involving a Citroen Xantia
A Citroen Xantia, a Fiat Uno and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the B6286 in County Durham at 13:50 on Sunday 4 November 2001. The 18-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2001
- Sunday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Xantia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.70653, longitude -1.70758, in the DL15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200111AA32280
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6286
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 15 March 2013
11 m awayRef 201311SB05843
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 30 November 1994
14 m awayRef 1994114AB2928
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 14 March 1998
20 m awayRef 1998118AB0876
Slight
Renault 19 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 12 May 1998
20 m awayRef 1998118AB1392
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 6 February 2004
22 m awayRef 200411AB05800
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 19 July 1994
32 m awayRef 1994114AB2162
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen AX)
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 200111AA32280 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.