A167 crash in County Durham on 28 December 2016 at 15:14 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza, a Ford Transit Connect van and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A167 in County Durham at 15:14 on Wednesday 28 December 2016. The 24-year-old male driver of the Seat Ibiza was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 15:14
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Ibiza and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.67495, longitude -1.5567, in the DL17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016110146683
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 167
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fog or mist
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 2014.
Serious
Peugeot 406 crash on the A167 in County Durham, 3 November 2014
3 m awayRef 201411SL25704
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A167 in County Durham, 24 July 1999
8 m awayRef 1999119AK1968
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A167 in County Durham, 21 February 2014
12 m awayRef 201411SL04934
Slight
Car crash on the A167 in County Durham, 12 November 1989
55 m awayRef 1989119AK2013
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A167 in County Durham, 16 April 2022
98 m awayRef 2022111167211
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A167 in County Durham, 21 June 2005
114 m awayRef 200511AK14980
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016110146683 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.