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A689 crash in County Durham on 6 February 2001 at 18:30 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A689 in County Durham at 18:30 on Tuesday 6 February 2001. The 45-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Feb 2001
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and Seat Ibiza
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.65144, longitude -1.5113, in the TS21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sedgefield, County Durham, TS21 2ET area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200111AK04550
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A(M)
Second road number
1

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)

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 200111AK04550 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.