B1280 crash in County Durham on 23 May 2006 at 09:00 involving a Skoda Felicia
A car and a Skoda Felicia were involved in a crash on the B1280 in County Durham at 09:00 on Tuesday 23 May 2006. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2006
- Tuesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Skoda Felicia
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.77122, longitude -1.40648, in the DH6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200611BF10180
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1280
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1283
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 February 1999.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1280 in County Durham, 1 February 1999
At the same spotRef 1999119BE0426
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B1280 in County Durham, 22 October 1996
At the same spotRef 1996116BE8425
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B1280 in County Durham, 5 August 2003
At the same spotRef 200311BE26830
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B1280 in County Durham, 1 September 1993
At the same spotRef 1993113BE1496
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B1280 in County Durham, 26 August 1999
At the same spotRef 1999119BE2532
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B1280 in County Durham, 6 July 1995
At the same spotRef 1995115BE5593
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Felicia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,289 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Felicia)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Felicia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Felicia)
- 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 200611BF10180 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.