B6282 crash in County Durham on 16 October 2007 at 16:22 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the B6282 in County Durham at 16:22 on Tuesday 16 October 2007. The 84-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and an 83-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta 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
- 16 Oct 2007
- Tuesday, 16:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.60659, longitude -2.00012, 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
- 200711DC17330
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6282
- 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
- 6281
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 January 2002.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6281 in County Durham, 31 January 2002
10 m awayRef 200211DC03300
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6281 in County Durham, 8 October 1999
14 m awayRef 1999119DC2803
Serious
Kia Picanto crash on the B6282 in County Durham, 15 June 2024
15 m awayRef 2024111456320
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B6282 in County Durham, 2 December 1996
22 m awayRef 1996116DC7108
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the B6281 in County Durham, 3 May 2003
28 m awayRef 200311DC13290
Slight
Car crash on the B6281 in County Durham, 4 February 1980
32 m awayRef 1980110DC0117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200711DC17330 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 2007.