Serious B6277 crash in County Durham on 22 June 2019 at 15:20 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B6277 in County Durham at 15:20 on Saturday 22 June 2019. The 34-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Jun 2019
- Saturday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.67972, longitude -2.23504, in the DL12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019110855263
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6277
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
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, 220 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 April 2000.
Serious
Kawasaki crash on a C road in County Durham, 30 April 2000
220 m awayRef 200011DC12090
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6277 in County Durham, 12 September 1981
507 m awayRef 1981111DC0650
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6277 in County Durham, 7 October 2012
542 m awayRef 201211SC24252
Slight
ERF crash on the B6277 in County Durham, 7 March 1999
544 m awayRef 1999119DC0691
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 30 December 1979
697 m awayRef 1979119DJ1404
Slight
Triumph Sprint ST 1050 crash on the B6277 in County Durham, 10 April 2016
781 m awayRef 2016110061502
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2019110855263 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 2019.