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B6443 crash in County Durham on 6 October 2003 at 07:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Hyundai Accent were involved in a crash on the B6443 in County Durham at 07:00 on Monday 6 October 2003. The 40-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Accent was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 2003
Monday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Hyundai Accent
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.6105, longitude -1.56938, in the DL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Aycliffe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aycliffe South, County Durham, DL5 6HY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200311AK28970
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6443
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Accent)

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 200311AK28970 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.