B1281 crash in County Durham on 11 March 2005 at 16:06 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B1281 in County Durham at 16:06 on Friday 11 March 2005. The 36-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 2005
- Friday, 16:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.73745, longitude -1.35883, in the TS27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200511BE07380
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1281
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2009.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 13 March 2009
20 m awayRef 200911NE06089
Slight
Toyota C-HR crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 15 October 2025
31 m awayRef 2025111655064
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 18 November 1996
41 m awayRef 1996116BE8603
Slight
Car crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 16 September 1982
63 m awayRef 1982112BE0736
Serious
Bedford crash on the A181 in County Durham, 4 March 1990
72 m awayRef 1990110BE3000
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 2 January 2008
73 m awayRef 200811NE00038
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Bus stop or bus shelter
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200511BE07380 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 2005.