B6291 crash in County Durham on 31 August 2011 at 18:15 involving a Honda S2000
A Honda S2000 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B6291 in County Durham at 18:15 on Wednesday 31 August 2011. The 37-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2011
- Wednesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda S2000 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7153, longitude -1.50308, 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
- 201111ND21331
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 22 March 1979
10 m awayRef 1979119BD0461
Slight
Car crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 25 August 2004
10 m awayRef 200411BD25190
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 5 September 1997
10 m awayRef 1997117BD0473
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 15 April 2003
10 m awayRef 200311BD14430
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A177 in County Durham, 20 May 1989
14 m awayRef 1989119BD0898
Slight
Renault 9 crash on the B6291 in County Durham, 18 September 1994
14 m awayRef 1994114BD3721
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda S2000
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201111ND21331 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 2011.