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Serious B6168 crash in County Durham on 29 December 2003 at 00:02 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 crashed on the B6168 in County Durham at 00:02 on Monday 29 December 2003. A 17-year-old male passenger and a 17-year-old male passenger were seriously injured and a 15-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 2003
Monday, 00:02
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 306
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.88204, longitude -1.74668, in the DH9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200311CH39490
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6168
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200311CH39490 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.