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Unclassified road crash in County Durham SR7 on 17 May 2006 at 20:00 involving a Mitsubishi Canter van

A Mitsubishi Canter van and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in County Durham at 20:00 on Wednesday 17 May 2006. The 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus, a 46-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2006
Wednesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Canter and Ford Focus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.83416, longitude -1.39638, in the SR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200611BF10140
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Canter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,977 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    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 200611BF10140 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.