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Serious A177 crash in County Durham on 23 July 2002 at 14:47 involving a Citroen ZX

A Citroen ZX hit a pedestrian on the A177 in County Durham at 14:47 on Tuesday 23 July 2002. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jul 2002
Tuesday, 14:47
Vehicles
1
Citroen ZX
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.73445, longitude -1.52567, in the DH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bowburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bowburn & Coxhoe, County Durham, DH6 5FL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200211BD25990
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
177
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200211BD25990 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 2002.