B1278 crash in County Durham on 2 May 2021 at 19:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the B1278 in County Durham at 19:15 on Sunday 2 May 2021. The 58-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2021
- Sunday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Citroen C3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.68001, longitude -1.43802, in the TS21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fishburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sedgefield, County Durham, TS21 4BH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021111042413
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1278
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2021.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B1278 in County Durham, 29 August 2021
2 m awayRef 2021111083628
Serious
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the B1278 in County Durham, 13 August 2022
4 m awayRef 2022111208932
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1278 in County Durham, 23 August 2021
12 m awayRef 2021111080076
Slight
Leyland crash on the B1278 in County Durham, 12 September 1990
17 m awayRef 1990110AK3852
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B1278 in County Durham, 27 February 2002
26 m awayRef 200211AK06370
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1278 in County Durham, 9 May 1982
34 m awayRef 1982112AK0298
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021111042413 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 2021.