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B6301 crash in County Durham on 16 March 2016 at 09:55 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the B6301 in County Durham at 09:55 on Wednesday 16 March 2016. The 41-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 62-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 2016
Wednesday, 09:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.79069, longitude -1.73794, in the DH7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016110054779
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6301
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

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 2016110054779 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 2016.