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C road crash in Darlington DL1 on 9 April 1985 at 17:14 involving a van

A van and two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Darlington at 17:14 on Tuesday 9 April 1985. The 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Apr 1985
Tuesday, 17:14
Vehicles
3
Van and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.51809, longitude -1.54241, in the DL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darlington.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985115DJ0246
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1985115DJ0246 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Darlington road accident statistics for 1985.