B1320 crash in County Durham on 1 June 2025 at 12:20 involving an Audi A7
An Audi A7, a Renault Trafic taxi and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the B1320 in County Durham at 12:20 on Sunday 1 June 2025. The 43-year-old male driver of the Renault Trafic taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jun 2025
- Sunday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A7 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.76037, longitude -1.31794, in the SR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterlee. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horden & Dene House, County Durham, SR8 4RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025111598042
- 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
- 1320
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2006.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B1320 in County Durham, 1 June 2006
3 m awayRef 200611BE09950
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B1320 in County Durham, 28 November 1991
3 m awayRef 1991111BE7313
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1320 in County Durham, 24 July 2021
6 m awayRef 2021111070526
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1320 in County Durham, 11 December 2019
7 m awayRef 2019110910552
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1320 in County Durham, 21 September 2012
9 m awayRef 201211NE23522
Slight
Car crash on the B1320 in County Durham, 6 June 2001
11 m awayRef 200111BE18480
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025111598042 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 2025.