Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in County Durham DL14 on 3 July 2011 at 02:00 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on an unclassified road in County Durham at 02:00 on Sunday 3 July 2011. A 33-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jul 2011
Sunday, 02:00
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.64734, longitude -1.68569, 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 6PB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201111SA16121
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 201111SA16121 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.