B6291 crash in County Durham on 20 March 2006 at 17:55 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van hit a pedestrian on the B6291 in County Durham at 17:55 on Monday 20 March 2006. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Mar 2006
- Monday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.71566, longitude -1.50338, in the DH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coxhoe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bowburn & Coxhoe, County Durham, DH6 4SL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200611BD06420
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6291
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 16 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200811ND12158
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 11 October 1997
At the same spotRef 1997117BD0784
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 23 December 1993
At the same spotRef 1993113BD2148
Serious
Peugeot 406 crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 25 November 2005
10 m awayRef 200511BD30000
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 16 September 1993
10 m awayRef 1993113BD1591
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 17 August 1997
14 m awayRef 1997117BD0305
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200611BD06420 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 2006.