C road crash in County Durham DH6 on 6 May 2012 at 13:50 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on a C road in County Durham at 13:50 on Sunday 6 May 2012. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2012
- Sunday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.79733, longitude -1.49714, in the DH6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201211ND10992
- 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
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- 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 201211ND10992 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 2012.