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Serious A66 crash in Darlington on 24 December 1985 at 14:35 involving a car

A car crashed on the A66 in Darlington at 14:35 on Tuesday 24 December 1985. A 64-year-old female passenger, a 31-year-old female passenger and a 65-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Dec 1985
Tuesday, 14:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.54118, longitude -1.49609, in the DL1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Darlington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985115DJ0902
Council area
Darlington
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
66
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
66

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1985115DJ0902 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.