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B6443 crash in County Durham on 29 January 2016 at 18:47 involving a Skoda Fabia

A Skoda Fabia hit a pedestrian on the B6443 in County Durham at 18:47 on Friday 29 January 2016. A 52-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 2016
Friday, 18:47
Vehicles
1
Skoda Fabia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.62385, longitude -1.5602, in the DL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Aycliffe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aycliffe South, County Durham, DL5 5RF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201611SK02796
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6443
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 201611SK02796 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.