B6286 crash in County Durham on 25 July 2003 at 12:50 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo crashed on the B6286 in County Durham at 12:50 on Friday 25 July 2003. The 21-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2003
- Friday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.69953, longitude -1.71042, 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
- 200311AA21850
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6286
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 14 December 2013
40 m awayRef 201311SB28613
Slight
Car crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 6 May 1983
61 m awayRef 1983113AA0313
Fatal
Volkswagen Bora crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 12 March 2005
90 m awayRef 200511AA06340
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 28 January 1997
100 m awayRef 1997117AB0174
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 27 January 1997
110 m awayRef 1997117AB0145
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B6286 in County Durham, 22 May 1992
130 m awayRef 1992112AA7615
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200311AA21850 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 2003.