Serious B6168 crash in County Durham on 21 December 2016 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra hit a pedestrian on the B6168 in County Durham at 17:45 on Wednesday 21 December 2016. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.86434, longitude -1.74654, in the DH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Annfield Plain.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016110144927
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6168
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 1996.
Slight
Leyland crash on the B6168 in County Durham, 8 November 1996
20 m awayRef 1996116CH8540
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 20 July 1990
33 m awayRef 1990110CH3867
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B6168 in County Durham, 7 January 2018
37 m awayRef 2018110263304
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6168 in County Durham, 17 December 2005
38 m awayRef 200511CH30530
Slight
Car crash on the B6168 in County Durham, 30 September 2002
38 m awayRef 200211CH33160
Slight
Car crash on the B6168 in County Durham, 24 April 2012
39 m awayRef 201211NH10112
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2016110144927 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.