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A67 crash in County Durham on 25 April 2003 at 08:15 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender and a Honda FX650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A67 in County Durham at 08:15 on Friday 25 April 2003. The 25-year-old male rider of the Honda FX650 motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 2003
Friday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Defender and Honda FX650
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54528, longitude -1.92391, in the DL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnard Castle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8EW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200311DC12370
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
67
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda FX650

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda FX650)

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 200311DC12370 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.