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<\/p>\nEmergency services were called to a one-vehicle collision near Durham with a 31-year-old driver pronounced dead at the scene<\/p>\n
The A1(M) was closed for several hours after a fatal crash in County Durham(Image: West Lothian Courier)<\/p>\n
A man has died following a collision on the A1(M) <\/a>in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency services were called to a one-vehicle collision involving a red Peugeot 208 near Durham at around 2.20am yesterday.<\/p>\n The car was travelling southbound between junction 61 at Bowburn and 60 at Bradbury. Sadly, the 31-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene, Durham Constabulary<\/a> have confirmed. The man’s family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.<\/p>\n An investigation has been launched, and officers would like to speak to any witnesses, or those who may have dashcam footage of the collision. Anyone with information should contact Durham Constabulary\u2019s Serious Collision Investigation Unit by email at SCIU@durham.police.uk quoting incident number 41 of August 22.<\/p>\n The road was closed for several hours while emergency services worked at the scene, but it has since reopened.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service<\/a> said: “We were called to a road traffic incident on the A1 near Bowes, County Durham<\/a> shortly before 2.30am on 22 August. We dispatched a double crewed ambulance, two crews from our Hazardous Area Response Team and were supported by a doctor from Great North Air Ambulance Service<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Did you know you can make ChronicleLive a preferred source of North East news in Google, which will mean you get more of our breaking news, exclusives, and must-read stories straight away? Here’s more information<\/a> about what this means and how to do it – you can also do it straight away by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ChronicleLive has created a dedicated WhatsApp community for breaking news and our biggest stories. You can join this WhatsApp community here<\/a>. It will keep you up-to-date with news as it breaks and our top stories of the day sent directly to your phone.<\/p>\n ChronicleLive is now on WhatsApp and we want you to join our communities.<\/p>\n We have a number of communities to join, so you can choose which one you want to be part of and we’ll send you the latest news direct to your phone. You could even join them all!<\/p>\n To join you need to have WhatsApp on your device. All you need to do is choose which community you want to join, click on the link and press ‘join community’.<\/p>\n No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the ChronicleLive team.<\/p>\n We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.<\/p>\n If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose ‘exit group’.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re curious, you can read our privacy notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n Join the ChronicleLive Breaking News and Top Stories community<\/a><\/p>\n Join our Court & Crime community<\/a><\/p>\n Join the Things to do in Newcastle and the North East community<\/a><\/p>\n Join our Northumberland community<\/a><\/p>\n Join our County Durham community<\/a><\/p>\n Join our Sunderland community<\/a><\/p>\n Join our Great North Run community<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_GettyImages-586113546jpgt.jpg\")
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