B1404 crash in County Durham on 2 February 2011 at 07:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the B1404 in County Durham at 07:35 on Wednesday 2 February 2011. The 43-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 1-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2011
- Wednesday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Skoda Fabia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.84005, longitude -1.35347, in the SR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dalton & Dawdon, County Durham, SR7 8AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201111NF03641
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 20 May 2018.
Serious
Volkswagen Bora crash on the B1404 in County Durham, 20 May 2018
1 m awayRef 2018110299191
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B1404 in County Durham, 26 April 2021
1 m awayRef 2021111044389
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the B1404 in County Durham, 11 January 2001
10 m awayRef 200111BF01360
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1404 in County Durham, 1 January 2012
12 m awayRef 201211NF00652
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B1404 in County Durham, 15 February 2004
14 m awayRef 200411BE07120
Slight
Car crash on the B1404 in County Durham, 31 October 1987
14 m awayRef 1987117BF0965
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 201111NF03641 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.