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A66 crash in County Durham on 16 December 2004 at 18:20 involving a Citroen Berlingo van

A Citroen Berlingo van and a Citroen C2 were involved in a crash on the A66 in County Durham at 18:20 on Thursday 16 December 2004. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2004
Thursday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Citroen Berlingo and Citroen C2
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.5192, longitude -1.90002, in the DL12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200411DC32900
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 September 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,868 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C2)

    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 200411DC32900 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 2004.