C road crash in County Durham DL14 on 23 April 2011 at 14:50 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in County Durham at 14:50 on Saturday 23 April 2011. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were 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
- 23 Apr 2011
- Saturday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.65757, longitude -1.67662, in the DL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishop Auckland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6HF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201111SA09031
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2018.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on a C road in County Durham, 28 October 2018
9 m awayRef 2018110340573
Slight
Car crash on a C road in County Durham, 1 December 2001
10 m awayRef 200111AA34140
Slight
Optare Metrorider crash on a C road in County Durham, 12 July 2007
10 m awayRef 200711AA11200
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on a C road in County Durham, 25 December 2002
10 m awayRef 200211AA37900
Slight
Car crash on the A688 in County Durham, 3 June 1989
22 m awayRef 1989119AA0973
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on a C road in County Durham, 8 August 1999
30 m awayRef 1999119AA2078
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 201111SA09031 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.