Unclassified road crash in County Durham SR7 on 3 May 2015 at 18:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in County Durham at 18:00 on Sunday 3 May 2015. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo was 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
- 3 May 2015
- Sunday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.8299, longitude -1.33151, in the SR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaham.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201511NF08415
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1983.
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 15 September 1983
45 m awayRef 1983113BF0813
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 7 December 1982
62 m awayRef 1982112BF1020
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 2 January 2008
62 m awayRef 200811NF00158
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 17 August 2000
108 m awayRef 200011BF25410
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 12 March 2004
111 m awayRef 200411BF10750
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 1 April 1995
111 m awayRef 1995115BF5016
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 201511NF08415 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 2015.