B1281 crash in County Durham on 4 June 2011 at 12:16 involving a Hyundai Getz
A Hyundai Getz and an Audi A2 were involved in a crash on the B1281 in County Durham at 12:16 on Saturday 4 June 2011. The 76-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Getz, the 54-year-old female driver of the Audi A2 and a 71-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Getz 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
- 4 Jun 2011
- Saturday, 12:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Getz and Audi A2
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.73597, longitude -1.35093, in the TS27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201111NE13751
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1281
- 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
- C
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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 20 April 2017
9 m awayRef 2017110182598
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 9 June 2024
11 m awayRef 2024111471034
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 6 April 2021
12 m awayRef 2021111033314
Slight
Car crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 8 December 1981
22 m awayRef 1981111BE1127
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 3 June 1990
63 m awayRef 1990110BE3575
Fatal
Car crash on the B1281 in County Durham, 6 February 1980
90 m awayRef 1980110BE0151
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A2)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)
- 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 201111NE13751 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.