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B1279 crash in County Durham on 21 January 2001 at 02:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the B1279 in County Durham at 02:45 on Sunday 21 January 2001. The 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 2001
Sunday, 02:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.74724, longitude -1.4101, in the DH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wheatley Hill.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200111BE02530
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1279
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 200111BE02530 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.