Serious B1198 crash in County Durham on 10 May 2017 at 14:07 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206, a Mini One and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the B1198 in County Durham at 14:07 on Wednesday 10 May 2017. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 May 2017
- Wednesday, 14:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7651, longitude -1.53999, in the DH1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017110183397
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1198
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1992.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B1198 in County Durham, 2 April 1992
5 m awayRef 1992112BD8185
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1198 in County Durham, 2 April 1992
5 m awayRef 1992112BD8186
Slight
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on the B1198 in County Durham, 11 January 1997
9 m awayRef 1997117BD8963
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B1198 in County Durham, 24 January 2002
9 m awayRef 200211BD05260
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the B1198 in County Durham, 26 September 2007
14 m awayRef 200711BD16620
Slight
Car crash on the B1198 in County Durham, 5 January 1981
26 m awayRef 1981111BD0014
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2017110183397 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 2017.