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Unclassified road crash in County Durham DL12 on 26 December 2001 at 17:25 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in County Durham at 17:25 on Wednesday 26 December 2001. A 27-year-old female pedestrian hit by the BMW 3 Series 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
26 Dec 2001
Wednesday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54949, longitude -1.91061, in the DL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnard Castle.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200111DC36310
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 200111DC36310 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.