A1086 crash in County Durham on 27 January 2020 at 04:30 involving an Audi A4
A car and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A1086 in County Durham at 04:30 on Monday 27 January 2020. The 55-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 and a 30-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 2020
- Monday, 04:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7387, longitude -1.27133, in the TS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackhall Colliery.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020110924261
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1086
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 29 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 1994.
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1086 in County Durham, 7 May 1994
29 m awayRef 1994114BE3079
Slight
Car crash on the A1086 in County Durham, 27 May 1985
31 m awayRef 1985115BE0483
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A1086 in County Durham, 9 March 2009
51 m awayRef 200911NE06509
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1086 in County Durham, 1 June 1998
51 m awayRef 1998118BE1426
Serious
Car crash on the A1086 in County Durham, 23 December 1987
71 m awayRef 1987117BE1154
Slight
Car crash on the A1086 in County Durham, 11 November 1989
87 m awayRef 1989119BE2072
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020110924261 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 2020.